Denied help, 350 more extremely lowincome seniors are added to the 75,000. Theyll be excluded from new Affordable Housing. 4,000 by the year 2030. 4,000, in addition to the 75,000. Were in danger of homelessness and were in danger of being trapped in our homes, which are not a. D. A. Accessible. As a group, were left out of the calculations, as City Affordable Housing income requirements and opportunities have been moved to higher incomes. Seniors are not the only ones, of course, left out of these qualifications. When we need to accommodate everyone. But lets start with the seniors. [bell ringing] we have no options. We have serious disabilities and other situations. We cant go out and get three jobs. And even if we can work, one parttime job, were faced with widespread age discrimination. Its up to the board to set policy to cure this inequality. Its emerging. Its here. Its relentlessly growing. Please support s. O. S. Save our seniors from this crisis of inequality. [bell ringing] thank you. Good morning, again. Marie. Representing the Dignity Fund Coalition. What were passing forward to you is a letter thats signed by over 20 organizations in support of the measure today to highlight the recommendations, one to support and fully fund the s. O. S. Housing affordability demonstration program. Two, to commit to build more affordable senior housing. And to really commit ourselves to an ongoing effort to meet the needs of seniors and adults with disabilities. As a Dignity Fund Coalition representative, were really proud of what we were able to do in terms of getting more services available, but that legislation also dictated a comprehensive Needs Assessment, and that Needs Assessment puts a very fine and impassioned plea to do something about the lack of affordable, accessible housing for people here in the city. If you take a few minutes to scan down the list of those who have supported this measure, youll see its a good a good group of folks who really care about the citizens in San Francisco. And the residents here and are committed to support this measure. If you make your way all the way to the bottom of this letter, youll see a picture, a chart. Really a chart, picture is sometimes worth a thousand words. When you see here is what you see here is a chart that shows the substantial part of the older adults of San Francisco are categorically excluded from the Affordable Housing housing t youre building. Its another kind of red lining and its not okay. And its not fair or just. [bell ringing] so we just ask that you move forward and support this measure today with the amendments that the supervisor yee has presented. Thank you. Good morning, chair ronen, supervisors walton and mar and board president yee. Im the director of Housing Development for chinatown c. D. C. As chair ronen noted, we, along with our partners at meta, are currently developing 1296 shotwell. The building designed to serve lowincome seniors. While we run our buildings efficiently, the cost to operate this building is about 857 per unit, per month. Since the building has no commercial or wealth are residents to cross subsidy, we need each household to pay that level of rent. That limits our ability to serve lowincome and extremely lowincome seniors. S. O. S. Provides an opportunity for us to serve a broader range of needs for lowincome seniors. While theres still some challenges, some issues to be resolved and the timing of this legislation is challenging for our project, we have confidence that we can work with kate and o. C. D. To o. These issues and get a program in place to benefit e. L. I. Seniors at 1296 shotwell. Were excited to serve a broader range of need for lowincome seniors. Thank you. Supervisor ronen thank you. Any other member of the public who would like to speak on the item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] president yee. President yee thank you very much. I want to thank the public for coming out. And this is really the beginning of finding some solutions for the those seniors that are on those fixed incomes, and even those that are a little above fixed income to qualify. And, you know, maybe if i have more time, i would have just said, well, lets wait a couple years and figure out the longterm solution. But i think this is the shortterm solution, that can that we could actually implement right away. So i want to thank all of the community members, faith in action, c. T. A. , Community Living campaign, senior disability action, dignity fund, c. D. C. And other organizations that have chimed in into this issue. Now faith in action actually came to visit my office last week. And i was fortunately there. And they put out, you know, the issues beyond what this can solve. I made a commitment to them that they and i want to announce it today, that in regards to your longterm, you know, broader fix, for those so we can actually, as someone mentioned, that this fixes so that seniors can actually just pay 30 of their income, regardless if theyre on fixed income or a little bit above. So i will be, as i mentioned to them, forming a working group that will look at those solutions that we could actually work on. So in the next most likely i wont form it until after our august recess, since we only have a few weeks left. But thats my commitment. I just want to make sure faith in action, other groups that are here, that we will be reaching out to you to see if you have interest in being part of that committee. Thank you. And what i ask is that you we go ahead and make those amendments and pass it on to committee for positive recommendation, as amended. Supervisor ronen fantastic. If we can take the amendments without objection, those amendments pass unanimously. And then if we all make a motion to recommend, as amended, to the full board and without objection, that motion passes unanimously. [gavel] president yee thank you. Supervisor ronen thank you, president yee. Growing gracias. Mr. Clerk, can you please read item number 3. Ill see you on friday. [laughter] very effective organizing. [laughter] clerk item number 3, is a Charter Amendment to amend the charter of city and county of San Francisco to create the Homelessness Oversight Commission to oversee the department of homelessness and Supportive Housing. To require the commissioner to review and disapprove or modify criteria to be used to ascertain eligibility or priority for programs and or services operated or provided by the department. The opening or closer of homeless shelters, navigation shirts or other facilities to provide shelters to unsheltered persons and contracts and grant agreements with annual value exceeding 200,000. Supervisor ronen thank you very much. And supervisor haney is the sponsor of this measure has joined us. Supervisor haney. Supervisor haney thank you, chair ronen and youre also a coauthor of it. Supervisor ronen thats right. Supervisor haney thank you so much for having me here today to hear this important item. So in february, we were approached by Service Providers asking us to look into how we could facilitate stronger policies to address homelessness, through increased transparency, public input and accountability. Since then weve been working with the deputy of homelessness and Supportive Housing and the Mayors Office to carefully craft a common sense proposal to ensure a more coordinated and streamlined response for our citys number one priority, getting people off the street quicker. Everyone agrees were in a crisis, as evidented by the point in time count, despite increasing investments in Supportive Housing, services and measures to prevent homelessness, were still seeing the problem in many ways getting worse. We all agree we need to deliver more Effective Service to get people into shelter and Supportive Housing. Weve also heard from everyone, from the mayor during last years prop c campaign that we need more accountability. And we need to Work Together. Disjointed, patchwork and slow decisionmaking hurts the people we are trying to serve, from the state to the local level, governments are getting more creative and acting with more urgency to address homelessness and we need to continue pushing to do the same. We consider multiple options to address these challenges. Could we modify and strengthen our current advisory committees . Should we make more internal changes in the department . And what we found was actually pretty obvious and i think common sense. Nearly every city department, with a budget over 10 million, has a formal Oversight Commission that provides support to the department and creates a public venue where decisions can be made. The fact that the department of homelessness does not have one is the exception and not the normal. The department commissions have long been part of the fabric of San FranciscoCity Government and public engagement. The fire, rec and park, library, Police Department, department of public health, airport, d. B. I. , i could go on and on, all have one. Its only served to expand the departments ability to enact and speed up thoughtful, effective policies and streamline and centralize public dialogue. They play a Critical Role in many of our citys leaders, from our current mayor to many past and current members of the board of supervisors, have served on commissions and recognize their value. The standard role of a commission is to defined in the charter. They do more than advise, they have the formal authority to approve or disapprove policies and budgets. They hold Public Meetings and hearings reviewing and approving policies for the department, guiding overall strategies and making recommendations to the mayor, the board of supervisors. Theyre a function of Good Government and protect the publics interest in open government, transparency and good policy. And they provide informed recommendations and insure Due Diligence. Instead of a formal streamlined approach to oversight and governance, the department currently has six different advisory committees, five that are currently operating. They have advisory functions relating to a particular narrow piece of the overall system. The result is a patchwork, unwieldy, unpredictable burdensome structure that fails to provide effective oversight. No one, including the department, thinks that the current approach is working. When we set out to form this commission, we had three primary goals. One, more streamline and coordinated support for those experiencing homelessness and those living in Supportive Housing. This includes a more coordinated and simple advisory and oversight structure, that allows the public to have a centralized venue to provide feedback to a body that has real recognized authority and power. Secondly, more accountable decisionmaking, where a commission can have formal authority and exercise the power of inquiry. They can ask the tough questions about the departments plans, its strategies and accelerate timelines and more effective responses. And thirdly, more transparent budgeting and spending. A problem that has been identified by the mayor, by advocates and by those experiencing homelessness. So what we have crafted here today, with a handful of amendments that i hope this committee will adopt, accomplishes meeting the departments strategic goals by taking this patchwork advisory structure and better coordinating it, by having all bodies report to the commission. Secondly, creating a clear public venue for members of the public, people experiencing homelessness, experts and advocates to learn about and influence proposed policy and budget changes. For providers and people senioring homelessness, this is an important way for them to be informed about policy changes that may impact them directly. For example, would be a place where the department could present on the recent pit count report, give their plans for next steps, and provide a venue for experts impacted people in the public to learn about those plans and provide input into them. Third, creating a venue to create stronger policies without delay. The commission would be empowered to investigate contracting delays and set timelines and goals for policies to speed things up. Fourth, having the commission approve the budget, which will provide transparency and inform the mayor and board of supervisors as they approve the city budget. Importantly, no advisory body heard the budget this year until it was approved. Theyre only one of the large departments that did not have the same level of review as most other large departments, before the budget was brought in front of the board of supervisors. Five, creating more buyin by bringing together diverse stakeholders. This will support the implementation of new policy directives, by making sure that providers are informed about new requirements, eligibility, et cetera. And be able to communicate and implement them. The appointment structure itself was very intentionally created. It supports shared governance, three of the appointments will be from the mayor. Three from the board of supervisors and one from the controller, which is a change from our initial proposal. The appointments themselves are people with direct experience and expertise, including individuals who experienced homelessness and provide direct services. The second draft that im bringing forward today, i think you all have a copy of it, was republic fleck reflects a number of changes. As i said, the seven appointment seats a new line specifies that commissioners may be removed by their appointing authorities at any time. We explicitly state the commissioners shall set agendas. The commission explicitly has the authority to assess the departments effective and Timely Delivery of services. The new version removes the jurisdiction of commission to approve or disapprove contracts procured under the shelter crisis ordinance. It removes the requirement that all shelters be approved by the commission and requires that the board of supervisors introduce trailing legislation to clean up and coordinate the existing advisory structure to the department. The local homelessness coordinating board, s. M. C. , the shelter monitoring committee, our city, our Home Committee will now report to the commission. And the ordinance is already being drafted and the board would be required to pass that ordinance by the time the committee is seated. These changes take into account the daytoday experiences of Service Providers, who are implementing the departments policies, as well as the daytoday operations of the department and their longterm strategic plans. Before i wrap up, i want to clarify two things. First, an example of the powerful role that commissions play. The Police Commission may be one of the more wellknown commissions, has been able to accomplish significant policy changes in recent years, including improving the Police Departments response to violence against women and children, expanding the use of technology to solve crime, reforming the citys use of force policy, instituting bodyworn cameras to increase transparency and improving policecommunity relations. I think its hard for us to imagine a Police Department without a Police Commission at this stage. Second, i want to respond directly to the idea that this commission will slow things down on add bureaucracy. No one has ever said the Fire Commission makes it harder for the Fire Department to respond to emergencies. No one has ever said the rec and Park Commission makes it harder for our city to open new parks. And i dont think anyone has said because we have an airport commission, that planes wont take off. Commissions are a critical, integral part of our citys government, because they are there to ensure that the job gets done, not that it gets delayed. Theyre made up of people who we have appointed for that very purpose. In this case, people who have direct experience with homelessness or are providers. Currently if a decision, policy or response is delayed or buried in the department, there is no public venue to hold the department to timelines and ask tough questions. With all due respect, i dont know anyone who believes by leaving decisionmaking solely to bureaucrats, that things are going to move faster. Thats not the experience that most of us have with government. The reason why we have commissions is so that we can share our plans with the public and allow them to give input and hold us accountable for those plans, including results and timelines. When we dont get it right, when we dont listen to those with direct experience, when we dont take public input on the front end, were not only more likely to cause delays, but more likely to get it wrong and repeatedly start back over. Lastly, we are doing the opposite of adding bureaucracy with this proposal. We are taking a patchwork, unpredictable, burdensome advisory structure, that we currently have, that nobody thinks is working, and aligning with every other large city department, with the goal of streamlining, centralizing and clarifying. This will save time, add clarity and reduce barriers to Effective Service delivery. In closing, homelessness is too big of a priority to not treat the department with the same Due Diligence we do every err other department that controls a large budget. It is both unreasonable and reckless to have a department that oversees the most urgent priority, have less accountable, oversight, transparency and public input than nearly any other city department. I think this is a common sense proposal. Of Good Governance. It will far outlast even the current director, who has been a collaborative partner in helping us improve this. And it will outlast all of us here on the board of supervisors as well. Its critical for us to have a governance structure in place that the public can engage with effectively, that the board of supervisors and the mayor can engage with effectively. That people who are experiencing homelessness can engage with effectively. And that ensures a response to this most critical priority that we have, this crisis that we have in a way that gets people off the streets, with the services they need, as quickly as possible. Supervisor ronen thank you, supervisor haney, i want to thank you for bringing this piece of legislation forward. Given look, homelessness has always been been a major issue in San Francisco. Its a problem that has plagued our city and our state and our country. And thats because we in this country have not made housing a right, an entitlement. Which is what it should be, a right. Until it is a right and until we have adequate federal investment once again in building housing that people can afford, were going to continue to have a homeless problem in our state. And because of the weather and because of cities that have humane policies like these, a lot of people come to california when they are homeless. Theyre either from here and kicked out of their homes, which weve seen happen in San Francisco at alarming rates recently, as prices for housing have skyrocketed, and they live throughout the state, because it is possible to survive on the streets, where it doesnt snow quite frankly. And so we, as a city and as a state, have to address this crisis head on, especially when the federal government is falling asleep at the wheel on this one. Until we get a change of administration, is falls on us toot the bulk of the work around this issue. Now we have a commission overseeing our Police Department, our Fire Department, our airport, our health department, our ethics department, our planning department, all of the most important issues facing our city. We have a commission of citizens, whose job it is to make sure that the department are responding to the actual crisis or the actual area of their expertise and their work, with care and transparent and open ways that respond to the communities that are being impacted. And i dont see why homelessness should be any exception to this rule in our city. It works. Its important. And its time has come. Thank you, supervisor haney, for taking leadership on this issue. And i will now turn it over to supervisor walton. Supervisor walton thank you so much, chair ronen. Just want to add my two cents to support of this ordinance. And, you know, i know how difficult it can be working to be transparent and efficient at the same time, but provides a place for the community to provide input and learn about the strategies the city is using to address homelessness is important. And we do have several different bodies that Work Together to provide opportunities for conversations about suggestions and what they want to see. But the reality of it is is theres no one place that my constituents can or constituents can go to, to come be heard about the issues that exist. So what happens is you have my colleagues and i sending emails, texts, et cetera and everything we can to department leadership, trying to address all of the areas in our neighborhoods. This can also be a venue for fox and community to come have conversations about what theyre seeing and provide action plans and strategies, working together. So that part is important as well. I want to commend supervisor haney for the common sense amendments, particularly making it easier to continue to improve navigation, centers to continue to approve emergency shelters, particularly during times of a shelter crisis. And were responsible for Good Governance here. [ please stand by [ please stand by ] supervisor walton . Chair ronen thank you so much. Supervisor walton reminded me given the mayors reason for opposing prop c was the fact she didnt believe her own department could responsibly spend the money, i believe that this commission will provide the oversight so that we can make sure that the company that the company . That the department spends the money responsibly, transparently, and with the whole city watching. This seems like a nobrainer for all of us, and thank you very much for bringing it forward. And with that, i dont know, director kosinski, if you wanted to say anything or if i should open it up for Public Comment. Good morning, supervisors. Jeff kosinski, director, department of homelessness and public housing. One, i just want to thank supervisor haney and his staff for working so closely with us on this legislation. Its so different on what was submitted. I thought courtney did a good job of presenting it with a really good visual. We do appreciate that, and i also want to state that we are in no way against and agree that more accountability and especially having a public forum where all of these issues can be heard is incredibly important. As supervisor haney pointed out, theres four or five different bodies, so if you want to talk about shelters, theres two places you can go. If you want to talk about federal funding, theres one place you can go. We are very much in agreement with that and also agree with supervisor haney and walton that this will outlast all of us and should outlast all of us. That said, i think there are still some differences that we have with the Supervisors Office and im wondering whether or not this is best handled through an ordinance which would require any time there is a change, it would need to go back to the voters in the event we dont get things right now. So there are some areas we have some concerns. I just want to be clear, and just a few random things we have come up with over time. I think it does provide accountability and does provide a public forum. It will slow down permits that are not covered by the public ordinance by six weeks approximately. Im not saying thats a problem or not a problem. Its just another step we would have to have in the process. I would point out a lot of folks have brought to the local coordinator concerns of hsoc. If the commission decided they did not want h. S. H. To be involved and would not put a budget in there, i suppose thats the kind of leverage theyd have, but it wouldnt be over hsoc in general. And i think thats about it. Were not closed off to the idea of a commission. Think theres still some outstanding problems with the way that its written, and i think it should be an ordinance rather than a chart amendment, but i agree that supervisor haney is working very hard. With that, im happy for the opportunity to speak and answer any questions if they come up. Chair fewer thank you very much, director kosinski. Supervisor haney . Supervisor haney yeah, thank you very much, director kosinski, and your staff. I think these mostly addressed the concerns. The question whether it should be an ordinance or in the charter, to be clear. All of the commissions are in the charter. If we would create this by charter, it wouldnt be a Charter Commission that has all the responsibilities and duties defined in the charter. So we think its important that we have something that has. I think this is in many ways recognizing that this department is here to stay. One of the reasons why this this department maybe the main reason why this department doesnt have a commission currently is because its a new department. Its only been around a couple years, and the advisory structure that we have is here from a time when we didnt have a Single Department with the authority that your department has, had a single director and all of that. So i want to be clear that one of the things that were doing here by having a Charter Commission is recognizing the critical importance of this department and its continued role that its going to have in leading our response to homelessness, and for that reason, it should have the same strong and clear and codified commission as any other department. Chair fewer thank you. And with that, well open up Public Comment. Youll have two minutes to do so, and mr. Wright, do you want to start us off . You know, i object to all these programs. Every time we turnaround, youve got another program. You oversupervise. You spend over 400 million on programs. You spend more money on programs than you do on permanent housing, Apartment Building complex to hows the people who you always campaign and act like you want to help. Gavin newsom got upstaged last week by an Apartment Building being built by a nonprofit developer. He tried to flex and counter by saying that developer doesnt produce. Hes going to fine them 600,000. How you going to fine them when theyre providing lowincome Affordable Housing for very lowincome and lowincome people without going through the bullshit that this administration has been going through the same as the last two or three generations . You spend over 400 million a year and got shitty results. You only got 133 beds for people whos got mental disabilities, and its been studied by professionals is the best way to serve the homeless problem is to built permanent housing and then services for them. Youve got 8,000 Homeless People out on the street and only 2,000 shelter beds. But yet, you want to produce all these programs and pretend like youre helping me. Its disgusting. I came in and showed you ways to built two towers instead of a Navigation Center with 700 million leftover, and you ignored it. Hes charging you 700,000 for nothing. When i finish my thesis, im going to charge you 600,000 for not helping anyone. You let other people speak past the two minutes. You let other people chair ronen okay, im going to clarify michael, please. Thank you, next speaker. Youre insulting my god damn intelligence. Like president yee last week. The color of your skin, the more time you get to speak. Michael. Its mr. Wright. Good morning, committee. How are you . Good morning and supervisors. H. S. H. Has been in business two or three years. We run very well. Have a wonderful director, very qualified director, but its 2019. The most important issue in this city and nationwide, but especially this city is homelessness. Homeless people should be treated fairly, and being treated fairly is a commission so they can be treated like everyone else. People are unhoused citizens shouldnt be treated different than anyone else. Im an e. D. Of two different nonprofits. Id rather do Something Else so i can get much more done. Our citizens our homeless citizens i have a right to build influenced policy. They cant do it right now. I can share the local homeless board, and we i sit on the local homeless board, and we can sit there and say yes, maam, yes, sir, but we cant do anything else. They brought us hsoc and i know were going to do this. As we come to do this, we need to see where hsoc is going to fit. Our homeless citizens, the only thing they see is hsoc pulling their tent down. So please do not lose the sight that this commission will have direct oversight over hsoc. Thats the only thing, and thank you all. Hi. My name is mallory, and im speaking for San FranciscoHousing Action coalition . I think our only opposition is efficiency. Were a proud supporter of prop c, and were very interested in delivering services to people experiencing homelessness, and we want to do that as quickly as possible . And also, we havent seen the their the opportunities for additional public input would provide more opportunities to more time. Thats an equitiable increase in opportunity. We think if we want to help solve these crises, we need to remove bureaucracy, we think this oversight would do that. Thank you. Good morning, supervisors. My name is malia chavez, and im here as chiair person for the homeless advocacy organization. We are here in support of proposition c. Im also here to represent that we support the commission as a way to Balance Power and for facilitating Decision Making around complex and difficult issues which should not be the purview of just a few. Again, weve heard highlights around the policies that are impacted by these departments. A few examples that weve experienced as supervisors are pregnancy and the definition of families for access to coordinated entry and Housing Resources as well as policy for individuals fleeing domestic violence. Theres still a challenge as to individuals being able to access coordinated entry when staying at shelters. Again, another polish to be addressed. Budget priorities such that supervisor haney already mentioned around not having any input or oversight around what the departments are thinking in prioritizing. And another one is the definition of homelessness, which weve moved way. The more inclusive definition of homelessness families include those living in s. R. O. S or doubled up. The defense collaborative, they strongly support this, and martina couldnt be here today, but she wanted me to make sure that you knew she was pulling for this, as well. Thank you. Good morning, supervisors. My name is natalia, and i am the director for homeless prenatal programs. Several years ago, our organization invested in an Evaluation Department in order toen hans transparency and accountability of our work, and we as an organization wanted to make sure that we had realtime reflection of how we are serving our clients and to respond to their needs. And this was incredibly powerful because we were able to focus our efforts and strategically innovate and improve our services on a weekly basis, and this is exactly the commitment and investment that i ask that we as a city make, to create a commission that will enhance transparency and accountability for how we serve our homeless families. Looking and reflecting at the data of our clients that are coming to us for services over the past few years, i have noticed a disturbing trend. I have noticed that both the proportion and actual number of families that are living in horrendous conditions with their children such as outside or in a vehicle is on the rise. This is exactly the type of data that i would like to present and discuss with an oversight committee, and i look forward to the ability to do so. Thank you. Hello, supervisors. Thank you so much for having us here. My name is jay cheng, and im representing the San Francisco chamber of commerce. As you know, our 1,000 members are regularly impacted by homelessness every day. Transparency and solutions are important when were tackling such an important problem as homelessness. First, we want to posit that committees can sometimes be a block to progress, as well. Were all familiar with the Planning Commission and how the Planning Commission schedule works and is impacted on a regular basis. And were all familiar with d. B. I. And how the d. B. I. Commission which has existed since eternity has spent several years trying to build a universal permit database and failed despite a very robust commission. Commissions also come at their own cost, and every dollar that we spend on a Commission Secretary is obviously money not being used on Homeless Services. We would ask you consider a chartered commission versus an ordinance commission. As supervisor haney brought up, the department of homelessness was just created in the last year or two. As we think about homelessness going forward, flexibility is best regarding jurisdiction. Thank you. Good morning. Jordan davis here, a main member of San Francisco chapter of d. S. A. Which will be considering this should it go on the ballot. As a matter of disclosure, im on the s. R. O. Board. This is my first appearance since my 21day Hunger Strike over h. S. H. Housing, which may not have been necessary if h. S. H. Had made sure the underlying issue got worked out. I want to thank supervisor haney for working on this issue and supervisors ronen and walton for helping out. Last year, h. S. H. Introduced a Wellness Check policy for housing that although theres a lot of different opinions on that. The complaints by so many boot legers about this measure have no merit. On every other commission in this city, 90 of matters get approved, and the others have so many issues that will bite us in the ass later, the make decisions really lie because of this network of different committees. From my perspective, we think with of an h. S. H. Commission. We think it makes a lot of sense that the our city, our Home Commission will be reporting to the commission the status of our unhoused neighbors, and the people who work closely with the department of homelessness. There is strong support, and while this will slow this down, i think everybody can agree that the department is already quite slow. If you are pregnant and homeless, you should be considered high risk, any way . And its taken three years for the department to include a highrisk policy and it still doesnt include a lot of the policy recommendations. So we think that this would speed up things more quickly, and that more things would happen in the span of three years, so thank you so much. Hello, supervisors. My name is kelly cutler. Im an organizer at the coalition of homelessness, and she took my talking points this is an advisory board, and so just going over the last year and looking at the meeting notes, its like yeah, theres an issue there. It was interesting that hsoc was brought up because this is the citys coordinated response to homelessness. For oversight, were told to go to the Police Commission, thats an issue. Thats a huge issue. And so we were trying to write a letter and went to the board and were told to go to the Police Commission. Basically done. Im cracking up that the chamber of commerce is here, like, prop c, hello . Okay. Thats it. Thanks. Good morning, supervisors. Joe wilson, executive director, hospitality house. We are proud to support the commission for the department of homelessness and Supportive Housing. At least a couple of points. A commitment to democracy carries a couple of risks. So it may be that things do get slowed down, and there are those of us in San Francisco that have some recollection of the Redevelopment Agency in the 60s and 70s. The fillmore acted quickly and without input, and we know the results there. I actually have a Feasibility Study that was done out of flint, michigan, and they said to act quickly and without input for people of color. And with policies that dont get fixed, so we have an opportunity to fix that. And i am proud to support that, very gratified with your leadership on this, and im confident there are folks to do that. Thank you so much. Good morning, supervisors. Thank you so much for the opportunity to speak on this topic. Im here on behalf of the ed lee democratic club, and im here to speak on behalf of this measure. Were worried that this will create an unnecessary and costly commission. Creating a costly bureaucracy will eliminate an issue in providing services to the public. We encourage you to reconsider before moving towards the ballot. Thank you. Hi, supervisors. My name is jonna, and im with the coalition on homelessness, and i just wanted to come and add my support for creating this commission . Ive been hearing a lot of concerns about efficiency which i think is really important to talk about as things are already moving slow and the problem of homelessness is not progressing, but the way i look at it is solving these solutions require multiple input, and it is more inefficient to get plans that wont work and have to start over than do our Due Diligence on the front enter, crafting initiatives on the issue of homelessness and having to go back because we redid it wrong the first time . And i also think its important to weigh the pros and cons. If slowing down things by a few weeks will help more people, i see those few weeks for Community Consideration and Better Outcomes as incredibly worth it. I dont think we need to see it as a negative for our community, i think its a positive for making our efforts go forward. Thank you so much for this issue. I hope we can pass it and change the way that were doing Homeless Services in the city. Thank you. Hi. Im a district six resident, an s. R. O. Resident and formerly homeless. Im personally in support of the committee on homelessness. Theres intersections with labor, health care, and community integration. I think its really telling when my formerly homeless neighbors and people that i work with that are experiencing homelessness have solutions to the issues that arent being trickled up to the decisionmakers and so i see that its essential that we have this homeless commission. Thank you so much for your support. Good morning, Board Members supervisors, im sorry. Im here to support the legislation. We appreciate the work thats been done by supervisor haneys office and the department and the collaboration thats happened to evolve this over time, and we look forward to the deeper work after this where we get to establish the bylaws and the processes that happen with the actual commission that gets seated. Thank you. Chair ronen is there any other member of the public that would wish to speak, please come forward. I guess i think hopefully, you can add the s. R. O. S or Something Like this for the s. R. O. S. Its very possible that we have the worst s. R. O. Stock in the country. Now, the other situation is im in support of this legislation, but i feel like the cause about emergencies should be removed. You might have removed it because somebody can just declare an emergency and override the rules and regulations. Were having a major problem where you will open a Navigation Center but call it a safe Navigation Center or call it Something Else, and right now, the San Francisco administrative code 2400 is being violated basically across the board in that no one is monitoring it from the city and county of San Francisco. The Navigation Centers, theyre getting a free pass to violate the 2400 no one in the city is monitoring it. They shove it off on the shelter Monitoring Team committee, and they dont have enough authority or resources to investigate when were getting abused. So its a perfect storm. The contractors will hire felons and drug users, and then, they go work at the shelter with no type of bedding. And then, when we go abused, we go to the Shelter Committee where they dont have enough abuse oversight authority. The controller, the city is continuously ignoring and pretty much going total opposite of what the comptroller is saying and what National People are saying about homelessness. Were going opposition, and you cant see it. Were spending millions of dollars, and the homeless is still going up. Were spending 300 million, and its going up. Clerk speaker time has elapsed. Chair ronen thank you for your comments. Any other members of the public wish to speak . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel]. Chair ronen supervisor haney . Supervisor haney i want to thank everybody that came out to speak. I want to thank