thank you to the committee's clerk and i would like to thank maya and michael, sfgovtv, for staffing the meeting. any announcements? >> please ensure you silence your phone. speaker cards and any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today well be on the january 20 agenda. >> i would like to extend a warm welcome to supervisor haney. >> item 1 is resolution approving an agreement with the nonprofit owners association for administration and management of the established property-based community benefit district known as the downtown community benefit district. >> supervisor mar: thank you. supervisor peskin, any? >> supervisor peskin: i do not. >> supervisor mar: i know we were supposed to have the economic workforce development to present. i don't see him here. maybe we can go to public comment. are there any members of the public that wish to testify on item number 1? seeing none, public comment is closed. i guess we can send this to the full board with positive recommendation. >> supervisor peskin: happy to move that. >> supervisor mar: without objection? great. mr. clerk, item number 2. >> item 2 is a motion directing the budget and legislative analyst to conduct a performance audit in 2019-20 of the ethics commission. >> supervisor mar: as you know, the san francisco ethics commission was created by local voters with the passage of proposition k. this is the entity that the city relies on for the impartial administration and enforcement of laws related to public financing of candidates, conflict of interest, and registration and reporting by lobbyists. campaign consultants, permit consultants and major developers. these are critically important functions because without an ethics commission that is able to do its work, all of our good government and policies are just words on paper. the last audit was performed in 2012 by the board's budget analyst. since that time we've had new laws approved, including legislation that i have championed regarding shining a light on campaign financing. new lobbies restrictions and a financial disclosure system that is under way. so how is our ethics commission doing when it comes to oversight? is oversight being performed in a timely manner? is it effective? are there best practices used by other ethics departments we should be looking at and adopting? when investigations take an unreasonable amount of time to complete, when it seems as though the lowest hanging fruit are the targets of investigations, rather than the more sophisticated operations, when there is not realtime enforcement of violations of ethics laws and reported violations are only acted upon after the campaign is over, that is not reassuring the public that we are maintaining scrupulous oversight to ensure a transparent government. what kind of resources do we need to ensure that our ethics commission has order to be effective? in a political landscape like the one we're in, it is critical we do what we can to show the public that government can adhere to the highest ethical standards and where we fall short, we have an oversight body that is operating in the public's best interests to keep government accountable. so i look forward to the outcome of the audit and thank the budget and legislative analysts in advance for their work on this issue. and to supervisor yee for introducing this request. are there any members of the public who wish to testify on these items? thank you. public comment is closed. can we recommend this item to the full board without objection? thank you. mr. clerk, please call item number 3. >> item 3, resolution authorizing and approving lease with npu, a california corporation for the united states old mint at 88 fifth street at the monthly base rent of $20,000, requiring the tenant to be responsible for all utilities, rental fees for a two-year term. with three one-year options to extend, adopting appropriate findings and making findings that the proposed transaction is in conformity with the general plan and the eight priority policies. >> supervisor mar: thank you. i understand the mayor's office is -- from the mayor's office this item is not ready to move forward. as such, after public comment, i will make a motion to continue this to the call of the chair. are there any members of the public who wish to testify on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we continue this to the call of the chair without objection? okay great. mr. clerk, please call items 4 through 18 for closed session. >> agenda items 4 through 18 are various ordinances and resolutions authorizing settlement of lawsuits and litigating claims and authorizing the service of offer to compromise in a lawsuit against the city and county of san francisco. >> supervisor mar: any members of the public who wish to testify on the items that will be heard in closed session today? seeing none, public comment is closed. do we have a motion to convene in closed session? >> so moved. >> supervisor mar: we're now back in open session. during the litigation agenda, they acted unanimously to submit 4 through 18 to the board of supervisors. >> supervisor mar: do i have a motion not to disclose the proceedings from the closed session? >> supervisor peskin: so moved. >> supervisor mar: any further business. >> no further business. >> supervisor mar: we are adjourned, thank you. >> first of all, happy new year. it's definitely it is definitely a happy new year indeed for so many people who rely on access to safe, affordable housing in san francisco. it is our number one priority. when we look at the challenges that we face with homelessness and we are wondering why aren't we able to do more, it is because we need to make sure that we have housing, we have opportunities to do more. it is why i'm committed to opening up 1,000 new shelter beds to get people off the streets. it is why i'm committed to master leasing so many buildings that might be available like the abigail hotel where we are standing in, where we have access to 62 new units that will help people who are formerly homeless get a great and safe and affordable place to call home without the social services , so it's not as expensive as someone who might need a lot more support and wraparound services. this is what some of us call in this world step up housing because sadly we know there are people who will -- the goal is to understand what the challenges are. do they need assistance with mental health? do they need assistance with their addiction? do they need assistance just to get a job and get back on their feet? often times, if we are able to transition them out of the shelter, it's usually into supportive housing where there is a network of people who are there to provide wraparound supportive services to get them back on their feet. and the great thing about the bristol in places like the abigail which we are here in today, is those people have benefited from incredible programs and are ready to move on with their lives and are not in need of the social services that they want or are in need of that is great. we have to make sure they have opportunities to move to the next level. that is what today is all about. and really focusing on providing opportunities for people to step up and be in attendance and to be able to take care of themselves is important. we know affordability is challenging. it takes a village to make opportunities like this possible thankfully here in san francisco we are making investments in acquiring as many units as we possibly can to provide these opportunities. it does take partners like tipping point and daniel is here today who has been an incredible partner in raising the money and investing it and providing opportunities for people to get help. today is an opportunity to do just that. let me just say that it's not just about the abigail where we have 62 units. we are going to be opening another place of 89 units at coast street which will be managed by the episcopal community services. one of our leading housing providers. and there are people there who are sadly in our shelters and will be able to transition to those units. that will make room for more people. i think that is what is great about the system that we are setting up and all the amazing partners that continue to work with us to provide these incredible opportunities, and importantly, the building owners deepak patel and sam patel, thank you so much for supporting and working with us here in the city to allow us to work with you to get access to these buildings and thank you to all the service providers and the tenderloin housing clinic. i know randy shaw couldn't make it here today, but he is a firm believer in step up housing and he has been fighting hard for a long time to make this a reality for people. so when people talk about san francisco and the fact that, you know, there's homelessness, there's challenges of homelessness, we know that. it is not unique to san francisco. it is happening all over the state of california. the fact is, we had not done enough to build housing so that we have what we need to get people housed. we just haven't. so here in the city we are lucky because people care about making sure people are housed. the 600 million-dollar affordable housing bond passed by voters will be a great opportunity to invest in building more affordable housing , but we can't build it fast enough. so having access to the abigail, having access to the post street -- post street site and the bristol where there is another step up housing, those are so important to getting people housed now. so i just want to thank everyone who is here today and all of your work that sometimes escapes under the radar and people are not completely familiar with everything that goes into making an opportunity like this possible. it is appreciated, it's going to make a difference for 89 people at post street and 62 people right here at the abigail. it's going to make a difference for so many people and i'm so grateful we have this opportunity to do just that today. how the person who has helped in our efforts to move the needle on homelessness, who probably every time i call him, and i tell him about somebody, he not only knows the name of that person, with the whole story about their medical history and family, and when they came here and everything else, believe it or not, it's a tough job to manage our homeless department in san francisco, but jeff kaczynski does it because he cares and because he knows that last year when we helped 2,000 people exit homelessness, that's 2,146 people that are not sleeping on our streets tonight and that matters. ladies and gentlemen, the director of the office of homelessness here in san francisco, jeff kaczynski. [applause] >> thank you, mare breed, for those kind words and thank you for your leadership to expand critical resources that we desperately need to help people living in crisis on our streets. she understands that shelters are only part of the solution. we have to create housing opportunities are all types of low income households, especially for people who are experiencing homelessness. every single night, the city houses nearly 10,000 formerly homeless people and every week we help 50 people of -- permanently exit homelessness. however, for every person we help exit homelessness, there's three newly homeless people coming behind them. obviously we have a lot more work to do. housing is a big part of the solution to homelessness. and thank you to mayor breed's focus on leadership on this issue, we have 1700 units of housing and housing subsidies in the pipeline in addition to those that we are celebrating here today. there's a lot more of these openings to come. it's also really important to remember that behind all of these numbers are people. each person with lived experience, each person who has struggled with homelessness has a unique story. however, the one thing they all have in common is resilience and courage and taking the steps to move beyond homelessness. it's hard work and it's a challenge and it is a great honor for myself and for my colleagues to play a part, a small part really, in helping people overcome homelessness by bringing buildings like the abigail and the post online. doing this work, i don't want to diminish how hard it is, because it is tremendously difficult, it takes a lot of people, a lot of leadership, a lot of hard work, a lot of funding, so in addition to the mayor, i want to thank other people that she already mentioned, but i want to thank them as well. of course, i want to thank daniel from tipping point. tipping point community is contributing $3 million towards opening the next 300 units of housing including these two sights. we're very grateful for the support that they have given, and also want to thank not only deepak and sam patel, the owners of the post on the abigail. there is more than 3,000 privately owned units that were masterly -- we are master leasing throughout the city. they're responsible for nearly half of the permanent supportive housing in the city and they are unsung heroes and very important partners. i want to thank them and their colleagues and all of the owners of the board for the 3,000 units that the city is master leasing. and i want to acknowledge all the amazing staff who have worked on this issue, all of my colleagues at the department of homelessness and supportive housing, my colleagues at the mayor's office, the city attorney's office, the mayor's office of community development, the real estate department, all of these staff work tiredly -- tirelessly on these projects. before i took this job, i spent most of my career running affordable and supportive housing in texas and in california and i know how hard it is to operate buildings like this and to do the work and turn housing unit into a home for somebody who was experiencing homelessness. these sites operate 24/7 and the nonprofit organizations that run them do an amazing job of helping the people who are struggling to exit homelessness or to move on from permanent supportive housing to be successful and to become their best selves. i especially want to acknowledge and thank beth stokes from the episcopal community services and everybody who is here. tabitha and randy who couldn't be here from tenderloin housing clinic. they do an incredible amount of work making these projects happen and we are grateful to them and to everybody else who is part of this. thank you for being here today. >> thank you, jeff. again, as i said, we can't do it alone. we are fortunate to have an incredible partner in tipping point, and tipping point provided $3 million to help make this possible, which moves this project along sooner rather than later and to speak on behalf of to think -- tipping point is daniel. >> thank you. thank you to everyone who is making this work possible. we started tipping .15 years ago with a promise to invest in the best solutions that prevent poverty, including housing, early childhood education, and employment. the silver lining to the homelessness crisis that we outlined is we know that -- what it takes to get people housed. that is permanent, supportive housing and it works. over 85% of people who enter permanent supportive housing never experience homelessness again. the opening of the post and the abigail exemplifies the role that philanthropy can play in supporting effective solutions in partnership with the mayor and the city department. tipping point is providing $3 million in flexible dollars for a wide range of needs from apartment repairs to new furniture. these are funds that service providers can use to do whatever it takes to get units online fast. mayor breed, thank you for your leadership and your commitment to this issue. i want also think the tenderloin neighborhood development association for your tireless work on behalf of our most vulnerable neighbors. i want to thank everyone who is saying yes to solutions. we can do this, but it will take all of. thank you very much. >> thank you, daniel. randy shaw has been a serious advocate for step up housing and i'm really excited that we are partnering on the abigail to make this possible. we also partnered on the bristol , and so these are two incredible properties for step up housing. here to represent tenderloin housing clinic, since randy couldn't be here is tabitha. >> randy sends his regrets. he really wanted to be here today. this is a really special project to him, a special building to him. he counts stories of the history of this building and him as an organizer in 1980 when he organized residents in this building to prevent the then owners from starting a bed-and-breakfast in this building and they were successful in doing that. he has very fond memories of that project and his work with this building. we are really excited to partner with h.s.h. and the city to open some additional step up housing. this is a really beautiful building. sixty-two units, all bathrooms. we will have a nice community kitchen and laundry room and community room for the residents here. i also want to thank deepak, the owner, for this partnership and h.s.h. and the mayor for providing this opportunity for the residents that will get to move into this building. and then i also internally really want to thank our director of facilities who has spent countless hours on lots of time already on her work making sure that this building is a success in making sure that this building is going to be a wonderful building for the residents that move in. thank you. >> it is also really great to open up places like this because they provide opportunities, and almost every time we do it, episcopal community services, they are always at the forefront of not only helping with properties like this, but some of our shelters and navigation centers, and so we are grateful for their partnership and their work. here to represent the organization is beth. >> thank you, mayor breed. i got an e-mail last week during the holiday week to see if i was available to participate in an announcement of 150 new homes. i was delighted. i was super excited to start the year off in 2020 with the announcement of new homes for our unhoused community members in san francisco. it is a great way to start the year. i'm so happy to be here for this announcement. i want to thank everybody who invited us to be part of the celebration and for the opening of the abigail and the post. it's truly a celebration of homes. i want to stress that. i want to thank the mayor for her continued leadership and unwavering commitment toward proven solutions towards ending homelessness in san francisco. it really takes vision and it takes a community. thank you. housing ends homelessness, right we know this. yet supportive housing is a proven intervention for the most vulnerable, chronically unhoused in our community. providing needed housing and stability for folks to address they're overall health and wellness. quite simply, supportive housing is healthcare. i say that all the time. it effectively reduces emergency room visits, we know this, inpatient hospitalizations for our highest need neighbors who are living in homelessness today supportive housing works, as daniel said. again, we really believe this and we know it's proven. power board and our staff that are here thank you for being here and we are are super excited to partner with mayor breed and h.s.h. and sam patel. thank you. eighty-nine solutions to ending chronic homelessness in san francisco. thank you so very much. >> thank you. today we have a resident of the bristol, mitch, who wants to talk about his experience and why this is so important. >> good afternoon. i'm a tenant at the bristol hotel and i would like to emphasize that supportive housing does work. i was in supportive housing for seven years and i got the opportunity to move to a newly remodelled bristol hotel. i love it. it's a home for me. i don't expect to leave anytime soon. i'm very happy with the whole process. and anybody who gets step up housing like the abigail is very lucky. thank you. >> thank you. thank you, everyone else for being here today and all the folks who helped to make this possible. again, the solution, as beth said to ending homelessness, is housing. it takes opportunities like this , it takes building faster, and thinking about ways that we can get more creative to get more access to opportunities so we can get people off the streets and we can keep people who are vulnerable housed in the first place. that is our goal. that is the opportunity we are providing today, and i want to thank each and every one of you for being here. thank you so much. [applause] [indiscernible] >> i came to san francisco in 1969. i fell in love with this city and and this is where i raised my family at. my name is bobbie cochran. i've been a holly court resident for 32 years. i wouldn't give up this neighborhood for nothing. i moved into this apartment one year ago. my favorite thing is my kitchen. i love these clean walls. before the remodeling came along, the condition of these apartments had gotten pretty bad, you know, with all the mildew, the repairs. i mean you haven't seen the apartment for the program come along. you wouldn't have believed it. so i appreciate everything they did. i was here at one point. i was. because i didn't know what the outcome of holly court was going to be. you know, it really got -- was it going to get to the point where we have to be displaced because they would have to demolish this place? if they had, we wouldn't have been brought back. we wouldn't have been able to live in burn. by the program coming along, i welcome it. they had to hire a company and they came in and cleaned up all the walls. they didn't paint the whole apartment, they just cleaned up the mildew part, cleaned up and straighted it and primed it. that is impressive. i was a house painter. i used to go and paint other people's apartments and then come back home to mine and i would say why couldn't i live in a place like that. and now i do. in this san francisco office, there are about 1400 employees. and they're working in roughly 400,000 square feet. we were especially pleased that cleanpowersf offers the super green 100% clean energy, not only for commercial entities like ours, but also for residents of the city of san francisco. we were pleased with the package of services they offered and we're now encouraging our employees who have residence in san francisco to sign on as well. we didn't have any interruption of service or any problems with the switch over to cleanpowersf. this clean power opportunity reflects that. i would encourage any large business in san francisco to seriously consider converting and upgrading to the cleanpowersf service. it's good for the environment, it's good for business and it's good for the community.
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