Expand to residential as well . The e. V. Readiness would cover some of those properties that you mentioned that are in the planning or entitlement or yet to be built phase. So when theyre built, they will be e. V. Ready. That will take care of all New Buildings going forward. The existing multifamily unit dwellings, thats still a challenge. We started with the e. V. Readiness ordinance. Were now working on this initiative for private sector garages. Weve done the same for our municipal garages. So that is a bit of the next frontier. Its something weve been looking at, but its challenging from a infrastructure and cost perspective, but its still something were working on. Because the need for charging as we transition the entire fleet is going to continue to grow. Were on step 2 or 3 here and there is a few more after that. Supervisor peskin i look forward to having those conversations with you and your office going forward. Any questions, supervisor safai . Supervisor safai yes, thank you. First of all, i would like to be added as a cosponsor. I think this is an important piece of legislation. I know that we i dont know if you said this a letter from the building owners and managers appreciating the hard work that was done in support of this piece of legislation. I think its always great when the affected stakeholders have had the opportunity to weigh in and be part of the process. Even if they dont and then in the end come to the conclusion that they are suppor supportive of the legislation as drafted. I just wanted to say that for the record. I know chair peskin and supervisor haney got that letter today. Thats good. Thank you to the department of environment stakeholders and others that were part of that conversation along with the mayor and supervisor peskin and mandelman. The other question i had, the question i had is, in terms of the pricing. Thats one of the things that wasnt discussed today, that encourages or discourages people from using the stations outside of their homes, right . Because some people have solarpowered at their house, or access to different rates based on what has been negotiated as part of a larger package. But has there been thought or conversation put into the pricing to encourage people to utilize these charging stations and parking garages . Sure. So i believe both the prices can vary. I reason i know this, i have an electric car. Right. So for electricity rates, ill start there. There a couple of costs that go into charging your electric car. For rates, i believe pg e and clean power sf have demand Response Rates to take advantage. Youre couraged to when we drafted the ordinance, we wanted to make sure it wasnt one provider, but two providers, e. V. Station charging providers. So not only is the Parking Facility able to compete in the private sector, but also they can make sure that what is installed is going to be Cost Effective for the customers that are coming in to use the Parking Facility. I dont know how much the rates for electricity differ between like e. V. Go or charge point. Do they do have different rates. They do. So my question would be, if the city has gotten into the business of delivering energy i know theyre not a vendor, but has there been conversation about the city having ownership over some of the stations since they have their own rates and structures and that might be a way to keep the cost down and encourage people to utilize the stations. I would mostly defer to my colleagues on that issue, but i do have history and experience. I think through 2013, maybe 2015, charging at cityowned garages was free. It was a Cost Effective way to get things going. I think that has lapsed. But especially with some of the developments that may happen on grid ownership here in the city. That might open up unique opportunities for not only cityowned grid, but cityowned charging stations and rates for the charging stations. But im getting a little farther into the territory i get it. And again, im adding my name. I think this is a good piece of legislation, but sometimes we create policies and then we fall back less on implementation. And if people are not finding that this is Cost Effective, then only people that can afford that additional cost will take advantage of it on that level. And so i just i would like to see more thought put into actually the cost of utilizing it. Because we can expand these to as many garages as possible, but if only people with the extra disposable income that can use it. And they will sit there empty or not utilized. That makes sense, supervisor, im going to take note of that, on the cost for charging. One of the things, when we think about making sure everyone has access. One of the things in the e. V. Road map is the ability to educate and make aware to everyone, even those who dont think they have means, there are rebates and incentives by state agencies and entities for lowincome residents, that can significantly reduce the cost of purchase. Its not exactly the charging up paradigm, but were looking at reducing the cost of purchasing. Supervisor safai the other thing i would say as a person with one of these cars and drives it to the stations. Theyre not always very user friendly. If youre not a member, you have to sit there and call a 1800 number and youre looking for, this is 327 at this address. Theyre like, i cant find it. I dont know how to turn it on. So if youre trying to go into the Shopping Center and youre sitting there an additional 20 minutes. Why do i want to spend 20 minutes trying to get into the charging station when ill just drive it upstairs . So its not necessarily user friendly. I appreciate that youre trying to get two vendors, but i think the conversation in terms of the contract when you do provide it in a cityowned lot and youre signing those contracts, it should also be about usability. I agree. Supervisor safai we should make it more user friendly. Easy if you could just run your credit card, boom, its done fast. But sit there and make a phone call and search for the number, its not really user friendly. I get it. Its new technology. Just beginning. The last few years there has been more of explosion and availability of electric cars, but i dont want to see us pat ourselves on the back because we have 5,000 charging stations but no one is using them. The scenario you just described is what i experienced when i became a new e. V. Owner and i went to charge up. 20minute long conversation. There were several phone conversations. I was in the rush, panicked. I had no electricity in my new e. V. Thats one of the things were trying to address in the e. V. Road map, education and awareness. I think youre exactly right. I know that from personal experience. Supervisor safai one last thing. The only one that i know of in again this is about garages but the only streetcharging spot i know of is next the sfpuc. Is that discussed in this legislation . Thought of . Because another way also to expand peoples opportunity is not just in garages, but you can add parking spots to the conversation. Sure, so its not discussed in the legislation. I know the sfmta is conducting a curbside use assessment and that is going to be due later this year. But that is their jurisdiction. So i defer to them on their study and what theyre looking at for charging on the curb and what else they want to do for the curb and theyre going to report back later after that assessment is done on that topic. Supervisor peskin thank you. I see a number of members of the public. And commissioner here. We will open up for public comment. Please come up. I believe it is good policy. One key thing i want to hammer home is question of equity, which supervisor safai talked on all three points. Equity in terms of cost, in terms of usage and finally, geography, because the map is beneficial to the northeast section of San Francisco. Hopefully, well be able to build out e. V. Infrastructure to support the west side, meaning the Richmond District and sunset or low density. And the cars have created a cardriven culture, so hopefully curbside charging can address this. For bright line itself, weve worked in bayview hunters, so seeing the lack of charging infrastructure there is disheartening in us to try to promote electric vehicles. Hopefully, we can make it accessible for all. Supervisor peskin any other members of the public . Seeing none, well close public comment. And colleagues, we have the aforementioned amendment before us which ive introduced and would make a motion to include. Can we do that without objection . So that objection we will take that amendment. And send the item as amended with recommendation to the full board of supervisors. And that concludes our meeting. We are adjourned. I want to thank mayor london breed for insisting on a transit environment. She is a huge champion of the permanent project in 2021. We didnt want to have those passengers miss the community to get out of cars and come by ferry. From alameda and oakland passengers can enjoy a game and special event at the warriors an arena and the beautiful bay. I would like to thank key partners. We do this critically quickly. The golden gate ferry paid for the tow and installation and port crew did all of the improvements you see today. It was a collaboration from three agencies that was very, very quick to get it done and effective. Thank you so much to golden gate and to the warriors for their help and support. I would like to thank my commissioners who are here today. Commission president Kimberly Brandon and gail gilman. Thank you for being here. We have other vips. Thank you for making this happen. Thank you all for being here and celebrating with us the Good Transportation opportunity that the ferry provides. Thank you so much. [applause. ] thank you, elaine. I know you guys expect to hear a sound because we have a microphone, but in fact this is to help with the new folks so they can get what we say right. I will be a little loud. First of all, i want to thank Assembly Member david chou had is advocate for transportation to make it possible for these efforts to take place. I just want to thank everyone who is here and all those who played a role to make sure on day one of the opening of the chase center we didnt hear hardly any complaints. The fact is, you know, it had to do with so many amazing folks from the m. T. A. To the port to the warriors, to so many folks getting the word out to coordinate these efforts in a way that would help make getting here easier on Public Transit, whether it is by ferry, muni or what have you, and just the ability to use your ticket as fare for the muni buses is outstanding. I am looking at jack over there. It is wonderful there. Great thing to consider for the giants. It worked so much more efficiently. We are blessed to have two amazing teams that draw people from all over the bay area, the San Francisco giants and golden state warriors. Using water as a mode of transportation is not only amazing but a great ride. It is so relaxing. I want to thank my family in the Golden Gate Bridge board. They have really been great partners with San Francisco and with water transit. We are happy to have you all here today to join us. Bay area council. Thank you, jim wonder man, the port and warriors and really doing this kind of thing takes a lot of people to make it happen. This is just the temporary location. Fingers crossed for the permanent location. We are hoping to get that thing open sooner rather than later. When that happens it is going to be a game changer boaster is going to be right there. Who wouldnt want to basically hospital on the ferry to get to a warriors game or go to a concert. The way to time it will be absolutely outstanding. This is the future of San Francisco, making it possible to get around easily and to make sure that we are doing goodbye the environment and reducing congestion and making it a great experience. We want people to enjoy themselves when they are trying to get in and out of San Francisco anywhere and this is a great addition to our city. At this time i wanted to give Assembly Member chou a chance to say a few words. Thank you for your leade leap to move this forward. Shouldnt you all be at work right now . We just took the one major form of Public Transit in the bay area that does not feel like publickic transit. This is how the transportation experience should be. I am obsessed with water transit. The chronicle says i am smitten. It goes back to five years ago when they called to say have you thought about water transit . About a week later, i ran into this man and he said have you ever thought about water transit . I then ran into larry from the giants and he said have you thought about water transit. Then jim said i need to meet with you to talk about water transit. When i started studying the fact millions of trips were taken every year across the bay on water transit. Today you go to sydney, hong kong, new york city, it is all about water transit. This is why working with jim wonder man and labor and my good friend jeff we proposed with collegenal major 3 the doubling of the water transportation system. 3 00 million for transit. This stop is really one of the flagship stops for our 21st century bay area water transportation system. This is clean and green. Let me close by emphasizing this is the most romantic way to travel. In new york city people go on dates on the ferry system. I dont know about you guys but muni dates are not the way to go. Water transit is the way to go. I look forward to seeing you guys on the next ride. [applause. ] the guy that is going to bring us a World Championship the guy that is going to make it happen, rick welch. Thank you, mayor. I just want to run over and hug everybody here. Thithis is an an unbelievable accomplishment. We were thrilled with the mayor said, look, we can make a permanent ferry dock happen at 16th street in 2021. Elaine at the port said why do we wait until that happens . A Success Story is seeing an opportunity and making it happen like this in San Francisco. I hope it is recognized. The effort that went into making this happen for the first warriors preseason game on saturday to the people in the east bay and marin, it is a game changer. David has been there from day one. I am equally smitten with water transportation. To see it come to life in mission bay what this means for every business and resident here is outstanding. Thank you, thank you, thank you for everything you did to make this a reality. Thank you. applause . I would like to now introduce the chair of the board, ms. Jody breckenridge. Good morning, it is an exciting day. Any day you can be out on the water the on a ferry is a good day. I want to thank you for your support. We love people who are passionate about water transportation but also the active support you offered to us, both of you. I want to thank the board. Jim wonder man and jeff with us today. In particular, i want be to thank everyone here involved in this. It is those who spoke before me said this came together quick and in short order. It was worked on yesterday to finish it up. Those working on it are problem solvers and doers. We are ready for the opening of the preseason game. There is a Practical Application for this. This is part of the Emergency Response portfolio we have, equipment we have. This is the first time we have had to exercise putting it up to see what that took. We have Lessons Learned that we will take back to put into both the federal and state plans for the bay to enshould be that should we need this equipment in an emergency we are ready to go and leaning forward so it is a great day and we appreciate everyone being here with us today. Thank you. That is it. Do a nice story because we had a good ride. [applause. ] look at that beautiful jellyfish. The way to speak to students and motivate them to take action, to save the planet, they do, they care and my job is to speak to them in a way that they can understand that touches their heart and makes them feel powerful with simple actions to take every day. I was born and raised in the desert of palm springs, california. My dad was the rabbi in the community there. What i got from watching my father on stage talking to the community was learning how to be in the public. And learning how to do public speaking and i remember the first time i got up to give my first school assembly, i felt my dad over my shoulder saying pause for drama, deliver your words. When i was a kid, i wanted to be a teacher. And then when i got into high school, i decided i wanted to get into advertising and do graphic art and taglines and stuff like that. By the time i was in college, i decided i wanted to be a decorator. But as i did more work, i realized working my way up meant a lot of physical labor. I only had so much energy to work with for the rest of my life and i could use that energy towards making a lot of money, helping someone else make a lot of money or doing something meaningful. I found the nonprofit working to save the rainforest was looking for volunteers. I went, volunteered and my life changed. Suddenly everything i was doing had meaning. Stuffing envelopes had meaning, faxing out requests had meaning. I eventually moved up to San Francisco to work out of the office here, given a lot of assembly through Los Angeles County and then came up here and doing assemblies to kids about rainforest. One of my jobs was to teach about recycle, teaching students to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost, im teaching them they have the power, and that motivates them. It was satisfying for me to work with for the department of environment to create a message that gets to the heart of the issue. The San Francisco department of environment is the only agency that has a full time educational team, we go into the schools to help teach children how to protect nature and the environment. We realized we needed animal mascot to spark excitement with the students. The city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. We have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether its lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and weve had great feedback. We have helped public and private schools in San Francisco increase their waste use and students are working hard to sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. Great job. Ive been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and im grateful for the work that i get to do, especially on behalf of the city and county of San Francisco. I try to use my voice as intentionally as possible to suppo support, i think of my grandmother who had a positive attitude and looked at things positively. Try to do that as well in my work and with my words to be an uplifting force for myself and others. Think of entering the job force as a treasure hunt. You can only go to your next clue and more will be revealed. Follow your instincts, listen to your gut, follow your heart, do what makes you happy and pragmatic and see where it takes you and get to the next place. Trust if you want to do good in this world, that first off, i want to give a huge shout out to the Domestic Violences consortium and fearless leader of the event, beverly upton. [cheers and applause] Domestic Violence is an issue that spans many departments and agencies here in San Francisco. As a safety, we have worked very hard to develop strong partnerships. I want to welcome supervisor Catherine Stefani. [cheers and applause] supervisor safai, City College Trustee i. V. Lee, fire chief janine nicholson, we welcome her david lazar. Representing San Francisco airports, front seth francesca garcia, and on her way is the sharp director Kelly Densmore who is the new director of the office of Sexual Harassment and assault response and prevention. So tonights theme is building pathways to safety. We recognize that Domestic Violence is an issue that impacts every gender, race, sexual orientation, immigration status, and we need to meet our Diverse Community members where they are. We are so proud of our Partner Agencies that work so hard every day to expand womens safety. If you are from one of our Partner Agencies, make some noise. [cheers and applause] please stay until the end of the event. As the sunsets, city hall will be let let purple for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This is the only time of the month that it will glow purple. It is truly magnificent. A wonderful selfie shot. So i want to welcome we are welcoming our president , the commission on the status of women, the strongest Womens Commission in the country. Lets give that a cheer. [cheering] the president the lifelong advocate for women and girls and has acted as a champion for policy change in education and community and economic development. She just stepped off a plane from india, so please help me welcome president rhianna zawart hi, everyone. I am very honored be here and to represent the strongest commission in the country. Im joined tonight by our Vice President , commissioners. Can we give it up for our commissioners . [applause] the reason why this commission and this department is so important is because every day we live the theme of this month which is building pathways to safety. According to the National Coalition against Domestic Violence, an average of 20 americans experience Domestic Violence every minute. That is 10 million victims in a single year in the u. S. And according to the coalition, Domestic Violence survivors receive 8 million lose 8 million working days. The numbers are there and they are scary. We cant get lost in the numbers because we have to remember what happens when people are victims and survivors of Domestic Violence. And what im proud of today with this commission is that we have provided an impressive dented 8. 6 million in funding to communitybased organizations working across the city to support victims and survivors of violence and their families with crisis lines, counseling, case management, legal services, emergency and transitional shelters. Can we give it up for a . 6 million in services for the city and county . [cheers and applause] for example, we provide essential funding to three Domestic Violence shelters including the first in the nation, the asian womens shelter pick the first in california [speaking spanish] and st. Vincent de paul society. Through these grants, we are serving thousands of victims and survivors. In 2017, our partners filled in 25,000 service calls, provided 25,000 hours of counseling and reach 12,000 individuals in violence education and prevention programs. Our Strong Network of partners and Provider Services and dozens in dozens of languages works to ensure that their work with the survivors is done in a culturally competent and sensitive way. Again, we always look past the numbers and the humanity. The people that faces every day to make sure that we are providing the needs of this community. So make some noise again for our Partner Agencies who are doing this work every day. We are so proud of you. [applause] even with all of that, the demand is greater than the supply. For every one person served in our emergency shelters, we are about four people who are turned away every day and placed outside of San Francisco. We have to do better. There is more work to be done to ensure that survivors and their families are on a path toward safety. Every day, survivors are faced with the impossible choice between remaining in an abusive environment that are potentially lifethreatening, relieving and becoming homeless. Or leaving and becoming homeless. We must invest in expanded services and more shelter spaces for Domestic Violence and their families. By providing safe places for survivors and supporting them to rebuild their lives, we can break the cycle of violence. Is our guest of honor here . Fantastic. With that, i want to introduce someone who i am honored to work with. Our supervisor Catherine Stefani , i know is not afraid to stand up and defend survivors and his leadership in this city and county is unprecedented when it comes to finding pathways to safety. Give it up for supervisor stefani. [cheers and applause] thank you so much. I want to thank the department on the status of women and the Domestic Violence consortium for sponsoring todays event and everyone who came out today to show your support. It is an honor to join Many Community partners as we continue to fight against Domestic Violence. I look forward to the day when we dont have to do this. We have made great progress in the city but we know we have a lot more work to do. According to a recent United Nations report, the most dangerous place for a woman around the world is in her home. More than half of all women, homicide victims in recent years , were killed by their partners or relatives, and while we know that it is not just women who are affected by Domestic Violence, women are far more likely than men to experience violence in the home. In the United States, more than one in three women will report experiencing abuse by domestic partners in their lifetime. This abuse impacts not only the victims, but entire families and communities. One domestic abusers have access to guns, the effects are deadly. We know that over half of female victims were killed by the partners in the United States are killed with guns. If you are a woman in the United States, you are 16 times more likely to die by gun violence by an intimate partner then in other countries and we also know that most Mass Shootings in the United States, over 50 of them, are related to Domestic Violence listen to this statistic. This one blew me away. 92 of all women killed with guns in highincome countries in 2015 were from the United States 92 is absolutely unacceptable. We know that, and in so many cases, Law Enforcement and families feel powerless to stop tragedies. We have been hamstrung and getting weapons out of the hands who would harm their partners and family members, and there is no single way to win the fight against Domestic Violence, but we will not win unless we continue to bring attention to this important issue and pass legislation at every single level of government. That is why i will introduce my ordinance to implement the gun violence restraining order law and a very happy to be doing that with the help of deputy chief lazar. Gun violence restraining order laws give families and Law Enforcement the power to temporarily remove an individual s access to firearms before they commit acts of violence. Is also known as red flag laws. Gun violence restraining orders save lives. I look forward to passing this legislation at the board of supervisors and continuing to work for commonsense legislation to protect those affected by Domestic Violence. It is really so inspiring to be here surrounded by our citys leaders and advocates who are all working, we are all on the same page, to end Domestic Violence in San Francisco and i look forward to continuing that work with you all. Thank you. [applause] thank you so much, supervisor stefani. A couple other folks to recognize. Representing the sheriffs office, we have deputy kathy johnson. Give a wave. [applause] i will invite back to the podium president zawart to introduce our very special guest tonight. I am back and i am really honored again to be back to introduce one of my personal heroes. The mayor of San Francisco london breed, who is a committed and compassionate womens rights advocate who we know is not afraid to stand up to defend survivors and under his leadership the city has been working to further prevent. I think that is key here. We cant erase, there is no silver bullet, but this mayor is committed to preventing this every single day. Without further ado, mayor breed [applause] thank you. Good evening, everyone. I want to thank each and every one of you for being here to recognize something that is so critical to what we need to do in terms of the work of the city and county of San Francisco, and that is honoring and remembering survivors of Domestic Violence and making sure that their memories are not forgotten, that we do not forget who they are, in some of the challenges that they experienced. In fact, we know all too well the history of our city and our country. In fact, the neighborhood that i grew up in, it was not uncommon to sadly see men beat up their girlfriends and their wives. And when the police would get called on occasion, and i have had this experience directly, they would come and sadly, in some cases, people would pretend as if nothing ever happened and no one would be held accountable for that because the fact is, so many of those women were living in fear, in fear of what might happen if they did stand up, and the times on the kinds of situations they were in requires us to make sure that we are doing more to protect people. To make sure that no matter what relationship you are in, that you shouldnt have to fear your partner, your spouse, or fear that you dont have support or Resources Available to you to help in case you are in a situation like that. We are here today to remember that there is still work to be done. In fact, here in San Francisco, although we have invested millions of dollars over 8. 5 million into programs and services and resources that help those who tragically are victims of Domestic Violence and help with crisis hotlines and help with shelter and other access to services, we know that there is still work to be done and we are committed to the work. We also know that sadly, in the bayview Hunters Point community, we are seeing record numbers of Domestic Violence incidents that have been reported. As a result, we have to be focused on new ways in which we can make it easier to help people who are in need of help. In the San Francisco police department, we have launched a new opportunity for an app that is called hard. It is an application that, using technology, that assist Police Officers right on the spot with identifying what is happening in the situation, and asking the right questions, and more importantly, how we directly connect people who are victims with services right away. It is the first step in so many other things that we know we can do as a safety to be innovative, to be creative around creating opportunities to connect people to resources. Knowing that, is tough for someone maybe, it can happen to anyone at any given time, and any relationship. So it is important that we continue to provide the supports , to provide the resources, to remember the tragedies that have occurred, to never forget those, was specially who have lost their lives, and to really commend and thank the survivors who have come forward to tell their story and to be advocates for change around this most critical issue. Today and tonight, in fact, we light up city hall in the color purple. The purple the color that recognizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month in San Francisco , and when we see San Francisco lit up this color today, we think about the people , the experiences, the stories, the challenges that have existed, but more importantly, we think about the resilience of such an Incredible Community of people who have stepped up, told their story, and really have been able to make change happen. The difference between what happened in the past when i was growing up and what happens now, when there is an issue of Domestic Violence and the police come, someone is going to be held accountable. It took a long time to get to that point, but we are in a better place with more work that needs to be done, and i know, with the commission on the status of women, with the San Francisco police department, with so many incredible nonprofit organizations that continue to work on so many of these issues every single day, that it is only a matter of time before we finally get to a better place where we dont lose a life over Domestic Violence in the city and in the country. Thank you all for coming out today and for your advocacy and work and support on this very critical issue in our city. [cheers and applause] thank you so much. Another round of applause for the leadership of mayor london breed. We are so excited about this new announcement that will really bring more of the victims survivors services. We are really excited about that our next speaker is beverly upton, executive director of the Domestic Violence consortium, which brings together an incredible network of organizations to support survivors of Domestic Violence and their families. Beverly was a key partner in putting together tonights event please join me and giving her a warm welcome. [applause] thank you so much. Im so honored to stand here with emily again this year. We have lighted city hall purple for about a decade and we have seen a lot of progress in that decade. We have been gathering here to show the citys commitment to ending Domestic Violence, violence against women, and violence towards San Franciscos most vulnerable residents. We gather here today to honor those who certainly have survived and are here with us. They are our heroes, but this is also a time that we get together and honor the folks that are answering the crisis line 24 hours a day, that are running the shelters, 24 7, 365 days a year. [cheers and applause] keeping survivors and their children safe. Lots of children in shelter. Im sure you will hear more. They are teaching, training, working with survivors, working with youth, we have a pil you we have youth here today. They are taking the tough cases. They are getting the restraining orders, they are taking these complex cases that are so confusing and there are so many details, and the abuse has gone on for so long, it takes a good, Legal Community to unravel those cases, support their survivors, and take them where they need to go. We have that. I see jerel here, i say kimberley here, i see our attorneys from the justice and diversity center. We want to honor you for being in the trenches and really coming through for survivors and their kids. This is what we are here for today. This is what the mayor is supporting, this is what the department and the commission on the status of women are supporting. This team of survivors here, now , 24 hours a day, but we wouldnt be here without our city partners. Emily and her team at the department on the status of women are such great leaders. They support 24 hours a day these agencies. They help us make sure that our staff are right and help us tell the story. They help us connect with city hall every day. They help us connect with the commission on the status of women. None of us would be here without our city partners. We wouldnt be here without the Mayors Office, we wouldnt be here without mayor breed, and we wouldnt be here without the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors works with us every year to make sure that we have the resources we need to meet new communities where they are, to support our immigrant brothers and sisters, our transgender brother and sisters, our native american brothers and sisters. Absolutely. As mayor breed said, we have a lot to do. We have more to do, and we are going to need more resources, but i know they will be there when we need them. There are heroes. When we look at our native sisters working to end Domestic Violence, when we look at the Transgender Community looking to end Domestic Violence in their community, we are so happy to see you and we are so happy to stand with you always. Survivors and their children are our heroes. They take the courage every year they are beyond heroic every day to step out of violent situations and risk becoming homeless or worse. They risk it because of this safety net here. We have to get rid of gun violence, we have to protect our citizens, we have to protect our residents, our most Vulnerable People in San Francisco and we can do it. I think supervisor stefani really gave us a good task. Lets get this legislative work going, lets work with the police department, lets get guns out of the hands of abusers and stockers. It is pretty simple. Dont let anyone make it complex for you. It is not out of the hands of abusers and stockers. So their lives in the lives of children count. We are all here to do everything we can to end Domestic Violence in every community to make San Francisco the safest city in the nation. Can we do more . Yes. Must we do more . Yes, and we will. Thank you so much. [applause] thank you so much, beverly. Under mayor london breed, she has made a historic investment in these services. The largest budget ever for services to victims and their families of Domestic Violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. We are really blessed to be in a city that is making this huge investment. I want to recognize a few more people. Nicole from the Mayors Office helped make today happen. [applause] kelly has joined us from the Human Rights Commission and the sharp office. Tammie bryant from the San Francisco county democratic central committee, we need our Political Leadership here as well, and we have our friends from san mateo county, our Domestic Violence advocates from our neighboring county who are here. As i mentioned, the theme of tonights event is building pathways to safety. Domestic violence is often the cause of homelessness, especially for our Lgbtq Community and families with children. Our Partner Agencies play a vital role in providing services to survivors of violence and we are fortunate to have a diverse set of services to reach our diverse population. Just a reminder, we will be lighting city hall purple and concluding tonight will be the red womens lightning group. Lets hear it for them. [applause] so tonight we want to recognize the commitment and hard work of our partners who provide emergency shelter. Our next week our next speakers represent organizations that do this every day. Join me in welcoming the executive protect project director of the first asian women shelter in the country. [applause]. Good evening. My name is orchid. I have orchid coloured glasses and i am ready for this years Domestic Violence Awareness Month press conference with all of you. I am here with asian womens shelter, and with every person here who believes that ending Domestic Violence is key to building healthy, safe, and hopeful communities. So this year, 2019, it actually marks the 30th anniversary of the first time that the u. S. Congress passed legislation to designate october as national Domestic Violence Awareness Month. And when they passed that legislation for the first time in 1989, it was eight years after the National Coalition against Domestic Violence. It had grown an initial day of unity in 1981 into a week, and then a month of events. These events were designed to do three things that we are still doing today. One is to mourn those and to honor those who have been killed by people perpetrating Domestic Violence, two, to celebrate and to support those who have survived and are still surviving today. And three, to connect those who work to end violence so that we can lean on each other, uplift each other, and amplify our longevity and our impact beyond what any of us could do if we were in isolation from each other. So 30 years later, we have come a long way and clearly, we are not going anywhere because our job is not done yet. We have so many to honor and mourn here in our city, as well as across our state, nation, and world. Whether they were killed by their perpetrators, framed by them, had their mysterious deaths covered up by them, or were driven to suicide or selfharm by the people who made their life unlivable. We also, 30 years later, we have so many to support and to celebrate as they rebuild their lives from rockbottom after having given up everything to try to carve out a new future for themselves and for their children, and because violence travels intergenerational he, for their childrens children. They survivors are champions who are trying to reroute this intergenerational violence and carve out a new lifeline for their family. Amidst odds that i think would make most of us at least to me, not be able to get up in the morning. And 30 years later, we have so many more of us who are working to end violence and who have been gifted the progress that has been made by those who came before us. But still, we have to be here and we have to be really loud. We have to be really clear, we have to be really confident and sure about what we are doing, and we are. Theyre still people in forces out there who are perpetuating myths about Domestic Violence and to need our help to become more aware. They still think Domestic Violence isnt actually that big of a deal, that it is a contained issue, that it is special interest or it is private or it is personal, it is about anger or it is about alcoholism, and that theres nothing we can do because its about individual people and individual people are who they are. Some people are just inherently more violent and others are inherently more submissive. We are here every single month, and especially in october to take those myths and grind them to a pulp and flush them. We know they are not true. We are here 30 years later using this platform to say Domestic Violence, it is personal, it is private, and it is social. Is political. We are showing that this is an issue that we pay a tremendous price, an unacceptable price for allowing to continue. At the asian women shelter here in San Francisco, we know that Domestic Violence is interwoven into every single issue that we are arguing about in the country right now. Immigration, gun violence, guncontrol, homelessness, workforce development, poverty, gender, justice, policing, equal pay, all of it. And now 30 years later, we have more data. Others have mentioned some of these pieces. On average, 20 to 24 people per minute, that means we are approaching 100 since i have been talking. Our victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States. Ten to 12 Million People over the course of a year. That is completely unacceptable. In a 16 year study ending in 2010, while we know Domestic Violence victimizes people across the gender spectrum, that study showed four in five victims were female identified. When we look at the numbers, the risk factors for women living with disabilities for survivors who are indigenous, survivors who are black, survivors who are transgender, undocumented, who speak limited english, we know the pathways that we have to create, they dont look the same way. We have to have all kinds of different pathways that address the different barriers and challenges that different survivors face in our communities and our neighborhoods and in nurse neighborhoods and families. We will have to recognize, as has also been said before, the kids. The kids. Nationally, the majority of people who abuse their intimate partner do so in front of the kids. And 50 also abuse their children, but over and over, week after week, in our counties here in the bay area, we see decisions made that dont reflect knowledge of this. That somehow think that you can terrorize your intimate partner but be an amazing parents. That is not true. In 2018, every town for gun Safety Report indicated that at least 50 4 of Mass Shootings in the United States revealed that the perpetrator also shot a current or former intimate partner or family member. Over 54 . And almost 100 of those perpetrators of Mass Violence have histories of violence or verbalized violence and hatred against women. We cant say that they are unconnected anymore. We cant say Domestic Violence is private and personal anymore, that it is only personal and not connected to Public Health and public safety. What i waneo
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