Plans, and i will be returning to the capital plan and the twoyear Capital Budget. So we covered these in great detail over our multiple public hearings. Im just recapping them before we return them to you to consider them for voting. So the tenyear capital plan and the twoyear budget development, youll remember that i talked about the planning framework of prop e that requires tenyear capital plans. The first two years of the capital plan form the budget request. This is the First Capital plan for cleanpowersf, really focusing on local build. And we went through a new quality review process with all of our capital plan submittals. Amongst the three oh, sorry. Amongst the three enterprises, you can see that waste water represents the largest share of the 9 billion capital over the next ten years, which is why its driving, and projecting the future bill. Here is the tenyear capital plan compared to last year. There was an increase of will 4 , largely because of hetchy water and power, and there was a decrease in wastewater. Now president caen, i think you pointed out that without a got of context, its not particularly useful, but we went through all that context in 12 hours of work. I called it academic. And then heres the twoyear Capital Budget by enterprise, and it really parallels the change in the tenyear budget or the tenyear capital plan. So finally, these are the items, numb items. 13 is the adoption of the Capital Budget. 14 is the adoption of the tenyear capital plan, and item 15 is the adoption of the Financial Plan update. Ill move the item. Second. Which which item . Were going to do them separately, so we start with item 13. Would you like to do that . Yes, ill move item 13. Do we have a second . Oh, yes, second. Second. Public comment on item 13 . Seeing none, all those in favor . Opposed . The motion carries. Item 14, Public Comment on item 14. I do have two speaker cards. Tom francis. Tom francis. Im the Water Resources manager for bosca. I provided you a written statement for boscas support for the written c. I. P. Ill read from that. On january 28, 2020, boscas c. E. O. Provided a written statement regarding the c. I. P. And the associated twoyear budget, which youve just adopted. Were specifically dealing with the water enterprise and the hetch hetchy conditions. Two important things to note in the c. E. O. s statement. Bosca pointed out that while additional staff is certainly needed to implement the c. I. P. As proposed, boscas concerned that it will require an even greater number of internal staff and outside support to deliver these critical results on time. Boscas pleased that the Commission Response in response to that comment has been to direct staff to provide a implementation plan. Bosca looks forward to that plan and interaction with the sfpu 2k4r0d task, and will anticipate it, with additional details, with the goal that the staffing plan will address this critical concern. Second, relative to one particular project, in boscas statement of that date, we referenced the groundwater storage project. That was one of the key projects that remains to be funded. Until the project is complete and the associated level of service goal met, bosca considers that the c. I. P. Will still be open. The c. I. P. Prepared is robust in nature. It and then bosca therefore supports the c. I. P. And associated twoyear budget and recommends adoption by the commission. Thats it. Thank you. Thank you very much. Peter druckmach. Thats on item 15. Oh, 15. You have 14. So i will call item 15. We need a vote on item 14, first. Thank you. The motion for item 14. All those in favor . Opposed . The motion carries. Item 15. Commissioners, any comments . Ill move the item. Ill second it. All right. Peter, you would like to speak to this item. Peter dreckmeier, t 4r0uolo river trust. This will remain flat in ten years. Now the number thats been bandied out a lot is 265 m. G. D. By 2040. Thats a 27 increase on what it is today, 192. If you assume its going to be half in the next five years, thats 13. 5 . But this report says on average its probably going to remain flat. So thats a pretty big discrepancy, and i hope youll ask some questions on that. If this plan is adopted, youll go on record saying essentially, we dont expect demand to increase in the next ten years, and yi would hope t hear that reflected in the next few years because demand has a huge impact on water supply. Thank you. Thank you. Any other Public Comments on this item . Let me just ask, would y mr, would you like to address the discrepancies . Steve ritchie. So the p. U. C. Generally works with two sets of projections. One developed for development purposes, and one is developed for water supply purposes, and they are different for their purposes in that on the financial side, it pays to underestimate to make sure that rates are properly set to account for all the costs that are coming up. We cant be in a position of having a larger than demand numbers show up without having set rates in a way that reflects that you need to cover all the requests or activities for doing. The water supply projections are the ones that are done primarily in anticipation of the planned growth in the service area, and they generally tend to be on the higher side because theyre trying to make sure you do have enough supply and you dont run out of supply. So by their very nature, their directions tend to diverge on that very fundamental point because we dont want to run out of water, and we dont want to run out of funding. Weve had lots of conversations about this. Its always been this way. Water agencies have this issue. You cant just use one set of projections on that and be wrong either way. Thank you. And i think what it does the other things thats different of the two projections is the time frame. Thats correct. If your financial projections is right for a cup of years but wrong for 20, you can adjust. On the water supply side, because it takes ten or 20 or more years to develop supplies, youre thinking in different terms, and the risk picture changes. So i think theres good reason for those numbers to be different, and i would not suggest that one number should be used when we talk about the other purpose. It does, however i mean, our experience to date is relevant, and the chart that mr. Dreckmeier put up earlier, i chuckled when i saw it because its been the history of those that try to project things are always wrong, and the trend is down. Thats correct. So i think what were dealing with is less a conflict its not one number that one persons arguing one thing, and another persons arguing is another thing. I think it reflects the uncertainty and the mistakes that youre dealing with as you make those recommendations, those decisions. And it also does i think there is a real issue out there as to what we think the longterm future of Sustainable Conservation is. I think thats a real issue, and thats not something that should be swept under, you know, the technicals, you know, of how we develop numbers. Thats correct. And the other large variable there is the fate planned projections and growth bay area to the quicker legislation. Sb 50 failed again this year, but the issue is not going away, urban growth in the bay area that we have to deal with one way or the other. And as the water supplier, we are going to follow the planning lead on that, and thats the reality we need to face. And like any number, you need to know what goes into it and why. Yep. Thank you. So now, we will vote on item 15. All those in favor . Opposed . The motion carries. Madam secretary, could you please read item 12. Item 12 is discussion and possible discussion to adopt the San Francisco p. U. C. S buyenial project, biennial program attic project budget, and appropriate operating revenue funds for Capital Projects. As you all know, my daughter wor works in this department, and i will recuse myself to avoid a conflict of interest. I just want you guys to know that i will always do this to avoid a conflict of interest. So miss Vice President , could you preside . I will. Item 12 has been read. Mr. Sandler, would you like to speak to this . No, actually, ill start from here. Ill wait so wow. This is the last item. Yeah, its been a lot of effort in putting this budget together. Ill have my long arm, John Scarpulla and so what ill do is ill give a recap of what the budget operating budget you know, its 1. 5 over 1. 5 billion, and were over 2600 employees. And so i will kind of go over the key themes and then eric already addressed the you know, the tenyear capital plan, tenyear Financial Plan, and twoyear operating budget. But as eric said, we started this in the summer, 2019. We said were going to start early because we want to put a lot of effort in. In doing that, we roughly estimated that we had 156 meetings amongst ourselves, and it probably more, because when they came up, we said okay, you had to live within the rates. So then, we went back and met again to bring these proposals back to make sure that our budget would be within our rates. And i just want to say, they have done an excellent job of vetting, especially the budget team of these proposals because when they came before me, they were real vetted, they were vetted pretty well, and they were really great. The other thing is that you guys were engaged. 146 questions that we had to answer. Hopefully, they were answered to your satisfaction. Almost as many as me. Yes a, and we want you to kw that once you adopt this item, were going to submit it to the mayors office, and then, the capital plan, were going to submit it to the citys Capital Planning committee for their review, and then, the budget moves to the board of supervisors where theyll review and approve our budget. Now going through each one of those processes, there could be a possibility that these may be changed, and so we will definitely come back and let you know, but were going to fight for everything that you approved in the budget, just to let you know. So id like to go over kind of a quick overview of the three budget themes that we talked about. Ill start by talking about utility of the future now. And you know, were in full transition to become a utility of the future now. And it is especially true in the service area where technology is king, and our customers expect and deserve rapid, Efficient Services with the emphasis on equity. And i dont have we dont have all the tools and resources to actually meet those expectations right now, but i think in this budget, that were going to address a lot of our shortfalls. So to best meet our growing expectations from our customers, were rolling out an innovative Customer Program such as cleanpowersf and hetch hetchy Customer Programs. Were also staffing a onestop permit center with other city agencies. We also want to be the agency that customers want to come and talk, and we want to call them and engage with them, so we want to be that agency. Were also stepping up our engagement efforts as we are adding high Value Community engagement position to permanently staff a college hill learning garden. And then also which the college hill learning garden supports 1,000 kids that goes to San Francisco unified school district, so thats something that were really proud of. And then, were also pioneering Innovative Technology and practicing such as implementing Cloud Infrastructure and managing our biosolids in a way that benefit the environment. Were also utilizing technology to help us be more efficient and nimble in response to issues so we can better operator systems and more quickly response to any issues that impact our customers. We are dedicated to equity practices, and we are practicing what we preach by hiring an equity and inclusion manager to ensure that we have a Diverse Workforce that reflects the community. Finally, utility of the futures are transparent and accountable. Thats why were hiring a Public Record analyst and implementing a cybersecurity enhancement to ensure that all our customers confidential information continues to remain safe and secure. The second budget theme is resiliency, and were focused on continued high quality serve in light of the growing population, the impact of climate change, and increasing National Disasters as well as increasing environmental regulations. Weve done a lot of work in short and longterm infrastructure investments, but we have a lot more work to do to ensure were able to continue to provide our core services. Seismic activity continues to be a major threat on our infrastructure. Were committing both Capital Projects and staff to expand and update the city emergency firefighting water supply systems. Additionally, were imp wi implementing a robust dam and water structure Safety Service to make sure that even after a seismic event, all our structures are safe. Were hiring wildfire mitigation staff and implementing wide range of Vegetation Management projects. To ensure that we have a resilient water supply in the face of increasing threats of drought, were putting funding towards both near term and longterm water supply to continue to diversefy our water supply. Climate change means increasing precipitation variability. Were seeing fast and strong storm surge hitting our cities more frequently. We are scaling up our Green Infrastructure programs and continuing to fund or flood programatic solutions. We are making sure that we have highly skilled and highly trained workforce to manage our old and new assets alike. Finally, were increasing our power supply budget and implementing budget distribution projects. There will ensure that were able to procure and distribute the clean power that we need to supply reliably and Cost Effective energy to our approximately 38 240ur0,000 customers. The city we do to everything here at the p. U. C. Is a diverse and competent workforce. In the previous two budget themes that i talked about, you saw that the proposals were based on the people, such as mitigation staff, and focus on diversity at work. In order to meet our goals and facing the growing challenges of a 247 workforce, we must have a growing staff or our agency will not be what it is today. As such, this is more a budget about people. And justine henderlighter, she did a great job of explaining the hiring and retention challenges that were facing. These challenges are only going to get more difficult as the number of retire eligibility staff grows. Thats why were asking for staff for critical functions like e. E. O. To speed up the hiring and recruitment process. We also need to retain our employees and support the career development, as well. So one of the Top Priorities for this budget cycle is to ensure that Core Functions are staffed by permanent employees. I ask our entire executive teams to take a lohard look at their Organization Staff to look at where staff are working on and should be permanent. We have 23505 positions that we proposing to convert to permanent. While the number of p. U. C. Facilities has grown significantly over the last four years, weve only been authorized at 13 new positions. For example, we used to have one groundwater well. Now we have 14. We used to have eight treatment plants. Now we have 16. We must have new staff to man or to to respond to these new facilities. We also have new programs, such as cleanpowersf or school led inspection programs. Not keeping pace with the growth has resulted in some of these core operations to fall short. We need to increase our staffing on baseline programs such as stormwater management, streetlight programs. We must appropriately staff these programs to be successful. In addition, we havent been able to keep pace with properly staffing our capital programs to ensure Capital Projects are efficiently managed and that we are implementing thorough Financial Planning, we are increasing Capital Projects support staff in light of the sewer projects that are moving forward. Again, i cant reiterate enough that our staff are our most important asset, and im proud that this Budget Proposal focuses largely on them. And so thats to really kind of put the budget in the theme, and ill have eric talk a little more detail about our operating budget. Thank you, general manager kelly. Commissioners, ive got to get to the right page. Okay. As the general manager mentioned, and as youve experienced, this budget has gone theres been a lot thats gone into developing the budget and vetting the budget. Id just point out that earlier in your agenda, in the communications items, there was the record of all of your questions and answers as well as the Technology Information that was provided, which was part of this record for the budget adoption. One of the other things i wanted to highlight was that in december 2019, supervisor fewer sponsored and the board acted on a Budget Transparency resolution. It provides the public opportunities to comment on it, but thats not the case of many departments. So there were a number of requirements of that ordinance, and i just want to point it out here. Budget information sorry. I just want to say that we may do that, but we i think we can do a better job. We have maybe two people, two people of the public there. And so, i mean, i dont want to burst our bubble, because its not only participation of the public, but its at 1 30 in the afternoon, so we could do a little bit about public participation. Certainly. So the requirements are that you hold at least one public meeting. [inaudible] we had five. The budget information is to be broken up by each diversion within the agency, and we provided that in what was delivered and posted for the commission. The major changes are supposed to be highlighted, which weve done and will recap here. Service level changes are supposed to be identified and highlighted, and the general manager talked about a number of those Service Level issues. Were supposed to talk about projected salary savings, which is essentially, of your authorized position, theres a certain number of them that at any given point in time will not be occupied, and so theres a reduction against your budget. Yeah. I just want to point out that we get a lot of folks who watch this on t. V. , so just were televised, so we get a lot of folks who respond to stuff that weve said on t. V. , so i just wanted to we dont have any way of doing it, but maybe we could also consider having one in the evening at some point. Mmhmm. And then so thats the compliance with the budget ansparency initiative. Just to recap, this is our combined twoyear budget, by uses, by enterprise. We have a 1. 45 billion for 2021 and and 1 1. 45 billion fo 2022. Debt service and revenue funded capital account for a net increase, as well, and the cost of living increases associated for labor and nonlabor are approximately about 17 17. 17. 5 million and 11 million respectively. This was provided you in the answers, but you can see the budget by project positions. This is the combined twoyear period, and you can see where those conditions are going to progr programmat kr programmatically. Making do with the resources that we have. And finally, present the item the operating budget for your consideration. One thing, on the questions that we had put out there, there was the issue about being able to tell the story of how we have managed position increases over the years, and you provided, you know, some of the data for that. I think whats needed is less of an accounting exercise, what im looking for than a writing exercise that tells what the story is and supported by the numbers, but its the story itself thats important. So i think thats a task thats ongoing for some cleanup on this and also maybe transfers over to the Public Information post. Okay. Commissioners, any further questions on this . Is this a motion to a is there a motion to approve item number 12, the operating budget . And before we take a motion, i just wanted to thank all the effort putting this together. 156 meetings is really something. Thank you, everyone, for your input. Its been a remarkable process, and just want to thank everyone for their effort. I think we wore carlos out. We wore carlos out. Its that 154th meeting, and im out of here. This is something where we had more citizens, so they could really see and understand what goes on, and what we do, and where their water comes from, and what it takes to deliver the product that we have, and i just want more people to see and be aware of it. So is there a motion . So moved. Second . Second. Public comment . Public comment on this item . Seeing none, all those in favor . Opposed . Motion carries. Congratulations. That was good. Thank you. I just want to thank you for adding all this. Okay. Item 16. Item 16, authorize the general manager to execute a memorandum of understanding with the Real Estate Division of the city and county of San Francisco at a cost of 500,000. Ill move this item. Second. All in favor . Opposed . The motion carries. So, madam secretary, please read the closed calendar. [agenda item read]. Good. Any Public Comment on the matters to be addressed during closed session . May i have a motion on whether to assert . Move to assert. Second. All those in favor . Opposed . Positiomotion carries. This meeting is adjourned at 5 17. 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. 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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. 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I have been cure rating here for about 18 year. We started with a table top, candle, flower es, and a picture and people reacted to that like it was the monna lisa. The most important tradition as it relates to the show is idea of making offering. In Traditional Mexican alters, you see food, candy, drinks, cigarettes, the things that the person that the offerings where being made to can take with them into the next word, the next life. Keeps u. S us connects to the people who have passed and because family is so important to us, that Community Dynamic makes it stick and makes it visible and it humanizes it and makes it present again. When i first started doing it back in 71, i wanted to do something with ritual, ceremony and history and you know i talked to my partner ross about the research and we opened and it hit a cord and people loved it. I think the line between engaging everyone with our culture and appropriating it. I think it goes back to asking people to bring their visions of what it means to honor the dead, and so for us its not asking us to make mexican altars if they are not mexican, its really to share and expand our vision of what it means to honor the dead. People are very respectful. I can show you this year alone of people who call tol ask is it okay if we come, we are hawaii or asian or we are this. What should we wear . What do you recommend that we do . They say oh, you know, we want a four day of the dead and its all hybrid in this country. What has happened are paper cuts, its so hybrid. It has spread to mexico from the bay area. We have influence on a lot of people, and im proud of it. A lot of tim times they dont represent we represent a lot of cultures with a lot of different perspectives and beliefs. I can see the city changes and its scary. When we first started a lot of people freaked out thinking we were a cult and things like that, but we went out of our way to also make it educational through outreach and that is why we started doing the prosession in 1979. As someone who grew up attending the yearly processions and who has seen them change incrementally every year into kind of what they are now, i feel in many ways that the cat is out of the bag and there is no putting the genie back into the bottle in how the wider public accesses the day of the dead. I have been through three different generations of children who were brought to the procession when they were very young that are now bringing their children or grandchildren. In the 80s, the processions were just kind of electric. Families with their homemade visuals walking down the street in San Francisco. Service so much more intimate and personal and so much more rooted in kind of a Family Practice of a very strong cultural practice. It kind of is what it is now and it has gone off in many Different Directions but i will always love the early days in the 80s where it was so intimate and son sofa millial. Our goal is to rescue a part of the culture that was a part that we could invite others to join in there there by where we invite the person to come help us rescue rescue it also. Thats what makes it unique. You have to know how to approach this changing situation, its exhausting and i have seen how it has affected everybody. Whats happening in mission and the relationship with the police, well its relevant and its relevant that people think about it that day of the dead is not just sugar skulls and paper flowers and candles, but its become a nondenominational tradition that people celebrate. Our culture is about color and family and if that is not present in your life, there is just no meaning to it you know . We have artists as black and brown people that are in direct danger of the direct policies of the trump a administration and i think how each of the artists has responsibilitie responded ss interesting. The common good morning. Good morning. Welcome to San Francisco city hall. Im the city administrator for the city and county of San Francisco. [applause] and im so excited to be here today to kick off census 2020. In San Francisco, our diversity is one of a kind and today we come together from every Community AcrossSan Francisco with one core message we count and we will be counted. [applause] from Community Members to nonprofits, to our elected officials, such as assessor howard chu, and ta collector, ad norman yee and supervisor stefani and supervisor fewer, we are so excited to get this done together. Every 10 years the federal government puts together a census to count everyone and to make critical decisions about our future. Yet the hard work happens in our local communities right here on the ground. This time we know that it will be harder because the census is digital. And so we must bridge that digital divide. Some people discrust government, distrust government, so we must work with organizations such as the institute and selfhelp for the elderly to educate them and inform the community on why it matters that we get counted. Lets face it, San Franciscoians, many of us live in apartments and s. R. O. S. And folks are just plain busy and may not get around to being counted. So we have to remind them why it matters to be counted in this census. Mayor breed and Speaker Pelosi are here today because they know just how important this work is and how much it matters. Thank you and thank you for being here today and thank you for the work that you will do to make sure that everyone is counted and now it is my pleasure to introduce celine kinelli to kick us off with the star spangled banner. Oh, say can you see by the dawns early light so what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen, london breed. [applause] mayor london breed well, first of all, thank you so much, celine, for that beautiful, beautiful song, honoring our country, honoring the amazing citizens of San Francisco. I am really excited to be here today to kick off s. F. Counts, especially because we have our fearless leader, speaker nancy pelosi, in the house. [cheers and applause]. Let me tell you, this woman i mean, just to watch what she does in washington, d. C. , defending our city, doing everything she can to support us, but also to move this country forward, it is absolutely incredible. And no matter what shes doing in washington, d. C. , she always finds time to show up for us, whether its resources, whether its her time, her staff has been absolutely incredible. And we are so grateful to have her here today. And we also need to talk about the importance of making sure that our communities are counted. And no one knows how important that this is more than Speaker Pelosi, especially because we want to make sure that we have representation in congress. We want to make sure that when shes fighting for resources, for housing, for homelessness, all of the things that shes continuing to do, that San Francisco gets its fair share. And it takes a lot of work. Its not easy, clearly. Its not easy with what she is fighting against now in washington, d. C. And i think thats why people here in San Francisco, they understand the importance of the census. But dont always trust government. I will tell you that it was a challenge often times to get my grandmother to fill out the form. She was concerned that people would be all in our business. Im sure that many of you probably hear that some of your family members, i dont want government all in my business. And the fact is that we have to do a better job of reaching out to our communities, of really helping to educate people about what the census is actually meant to do under the law. The goal is to draw congressional lines and to look at the number of people within those congressional lines. The goal is to make sure that every person is counted and this statistical information is used for allocating resources and doing great things for our city and our communities. And i know that theres a lot of fear out there, especially with our immigrant communities. But that battle was won to make sure that people still feel safe and comfortable with providing information on the census and knowing that they will not be targeted. And so we have put together a comprehensive plan with a number of trusted communitybased organizations to reach out to communities, whether its in spanish or cantonese or mandarin to make sure that we are communicating, to make sure that we are working with people and trying to as naomi kelly, our city admi minadministrator saids first time that the census will be submitted online. Theres a lot of work that we need to do but we have been getting ready for this for some time. And i am really confident in a number of the organizations here who regularly work with members of the community to outreach and to do whats necessary to get the job done. And so im going to be counting on the people who are here, who may not be affiliated with the organizations, to encourage our family members, to encourage your neighbors to do outreach. Because we want to make sure that every Single Person in the city and county of San Francisco is counted. How we generate revenues in order to help address many of the challenges, especially around housing and homelessness, has everything to do with making sure that we get our fair share from washington, d. C. And we need to make sure that our speaker has the ammunition she needs to do just that. And that includes making sure that every Single Person is counted. [applause] so we got our work cut out for us, folks. Shes doing her part for us in washington, d. C. So lets do our part for her and all of the people that we care about in this city by getting the word out now. So without further adieu i want to bring to the podium our amazing and fearless leader, speaker nancy pelosi. [applause] thank you very much, madam mayor. Arent we proud of our mayor, london breed . [applause] congratulations, madam mayor, on your inauguration. Thank you for being the fierce fighter that you are for San Francisco. Our mayor came into office and not only in just being mayor but into office with an idea, a vision, for yo for our city, frr own experience she knew what the challenges were and are. And our mayor came in with a knowledge, a knowledge of how to get things done and a plan to do so. And she has, again, because speaking from her own experience, shes connected so well with all of the people of our city, recognizing the beautiful diversity of San Francisco. I always say the beauty is in the mix and, mayor, youre an absolute reflection of that beauty of leadership, brilliance and respect. Thank you, madam mayor london breed. [applause] its wonderful to be here with so many members of the official family of San Francisco. And of our state. And also just everyone is part of the family when we talk about the census. We want everyone to be counted. And the mayor mentioned how important it was, and i want to thank you for your leadership in this initiative. And to naomi, thank you for yours as well, and carmen and annie, and annie and i have been working together for like 40 years. She still looks the same, but i dont know how. She still has that energy. And mario paz, thank you for your leadership. Good samaritan Family Resource center, a perfect name for all of this. Because one of the fears that people have about the census is wellfounded because this administration wanted to have a Citizenship Question on the census. In total violation and defiance of what our founders had intended in the constitution of the united states, that everyone would be counted. So, madam mayor, im going to talk about your grandma saying that she didnt want government in her business, from the standpoint of immigration thats a real and a legitimate fear. Thats why we fought so hard and working with some of the groups and with our own standing in congress in the Supreme Court to win that case in the Supreme Court. [applause] and even after the case we later learned the intention, the political intention, that was there to have a Citizenship Question so it would have an impact on politics. Yes, it does have an impact on how Many Congress people from a certain state come to washington, d. C. But as the mayor indicated, and naomi alluded to, this is about meeting the needs of the american people. Meeting the needs of the american people. And all the ways transportation, housing, food, whatever it is why the numbers are an imperative for how the resources will flow. Shameful that people would say that we dont want to know our numbers. But San Francisco can be a model, not only for ourselves, but also to the bay area and lets say that we want every person in the bay area counted and every person in california counted because that is really one of the targets of the administration. Now i know that in the 1990s and you can remember this one there was an assault on our immigration system. And they would go to the schools to see the little children, and the children, they thought that an official was coming theyd run and hide. And we were trying to get, you know, more food in the schools and the School Lunch Program and all of that and we were trying to document the need. But these children would run and hide if they thought that an official was coming because they were not fully documented. Thats not the point. The point is that if youre here, you should be counted. And dont think that because if you may not be documented that youre any less important in this count. Believe in you believe in you youre being counted is not only good for you, but it strengthens the entire community. What the mayor said is very, very important. People may there may be fear of technology or the government and this or that, but the Community Groups who have standing not only standing officially, but standing with people, culturally, linguistically and geographically, appropriate and familiar, have a big role to play in making sure that everyone knows how important he or she is. So that everyone is counted. This is the life blood of america. Who we are as a people. Some people may have a fear of how that is changing. We think that is the beauty of our future. And, again, any obstacles must be removed and thats why we were very proud in the fight we had to fight to get over to 7. 5 billion more for the census so that the resources that were necessary were there. [applause] so this is the enabler of it all. This is the liberator. This just cuts everything free to say im as important as anyone else. And i will be counted. And this San Francisco committee for total counts can be as i say a model to others. But isnt that just like San Francisco, to be a model to others in terms of the respect that we have and the dignity and work of every person. [applause] and were proud of our leader mayor breed for making this a priority. Thank you, madam mayor, for making this such a priority, because everything depends on that count. Again, people just have to know how important they are, each and every one of them. So i thank each and every one of you for what you are doing in this regard. Dont give them a victory. They want to scare people into not being counted. Dont give them a victory. Give yourself a victory by being counted. Thank you all very much. Thank you. [cheers and applause]. Thank you so much for standing for me. [laughter]. Welcome, everybody, and good morning, my name is carmen chu and i serve as the San Francisco assessor. Many of you associate the work that i do to make sure that we bring in the resources that San Francisco needs to do all of the work that we are trying to accomplish here. But today instead of talking about money, which the census does have a connection to money and, believe me, for every Single Person who doesnt get counted, San Francisco loses out. But i come here to talk to you as a daughter of immigrants and the importance of coming out for the census. You know, nancy pelosi spoke earlier very eloquently about the effect on our immigration system and how it is that our immigrant communities are feeling under attack. I will tell you that there is no more important thing to do than to make sure that we say we will be counted and we dont care what youre doing. Were not going to let fear drive us. When we think about all of the communities who have come before us, my parents included, many of the people who have come before you, your families and your mom and dad and your aunt and uncle and grandfather, so many of them took the brave step to come to the united states. They came here perhaps under duress and they came here perhaps because they were fearful of what they had to face in their own countries. But they came here because they believed in a better future. They came here because they believe that when they set their foot down here they would be counted, that their dreams mattered, that they mattered. And thats what this census is about. Its about making sure that all of our families, every single one, whether youre documented or not, whether youre big, youre small, youre rich or poor, that you get counted. And when we think about all of us in this room and what were doing here, you all woke up early this morning to come here and i know that perhaps you came to see the mayor, and shes amazing, and perhaps you came to see our speaker, shes also amazing. But the reason that you came here is because you knew that each one of you has a responsibility and a role in making sure that we have a complete count here. And so as much as we have all of our wonderful nonprofits who are going to do as much as they possibly can to get out the word, as much as we know that theyre going to go out there and to have ads and talk to our Community Members, truthfully, the way that we get counted is when each one of us takes initiative. When we each go back to our homes and we make sure that we count our families, when each and every one of us go back to our communities and help our grandparents, our parents, our aunties and our uncles who cant use the computer and we help them to get counted. So call this a call to action, make sure that you get counted. Lets make sure that we raise our voice when we are faced with a decision to hide as immigrants or to stand up and to say that we should be counted, lets stand up and be counted in San Francisco. [applause] now id like to introduce annie chung, someone who has been a fierce leader for not only our immigrant communities but many of our seniors in San Francisco. Annie chung. [applause] good morning, everyone. So im joined today by my colleague and my cochair of the San Francisco complete count committee, miss andrea short. And can all of the members please stand up, please, along with our census attendees today. [applause] so, thank you. So we are the people of San Francisco. The 2020 census is our opportunity for our Diverse Communities to participate and fight for our fair share fight for the resources and the political representation. For too long and especially in the past few years, communities of color, the poor, seniors, youth, people with disabilities and other underserved groups have been left out. Left out of the housing and economic opportunities, resources and the political process. My group selfhelp for the elderly and our seniors, serve the seniors across four bay area counties. We have a huge and a growing senior population. And we have at least our seniors are at least 150 below the federal poverty line, many of our seniors. Our seniors rely on federal dollars to support our housing and our health care and our news programs and our social services. They have contributed economically to the city and county of San Francisco, and have the right to participate. Each person who participates in the upcoming census will bring enough federal funding to support 222 meals for us, so lets be counted. In 2010, San Francisco was the only county i count in californo reach a goal for the census. Because every community partnered with the immigrant affairs, and with the city and with all of the other partners to bring the census to our neighborhoods and our communities. Thanks to the Community Partners here today and the leadership of our city, we got the job done. This time around will be harder. The mayor and Speaker Pelosi said it, but we can do it again. Thats why were so grateful that Speaker Pelosi and mayor breed are here today along with all of our city and state leaders and taking time out to make the 2020 census a priority and to encourage and to inspire us today. We have to get this job done for the people of San Francisco. And for our communities. Every San Franciscoian has a responsibility to stand up and to be counted by participating in the census. Our seniors, our youth, our families, all count on us. We are depending on each other. Thank you. [applause] and im to introduce mario paz, my good friend. The vice chair of the immigrant rights commission. Thank you. [applause] thank you. Good morning, everyone. And i first would like, again, to thank our fearless leaders, mayor london breed, who is a fearless leader for our city. And our fearless leader for our country, nancy pelosi. Speaker, thank you. [applause] california is home to over a quarter of the nations immigrants and over a third of San Franciscos populations are immigrants. Nearly half of our city speaks a language other than english at home. We know that the 2020 census is going to be hard for immigrants, communities of color, people experiencing homelessness, and many of our residents who lack access to technology and services. But in San Francisco, our communities have always shown courage and resiliency. And as a city i know that were going to come together and were going to make sure that everyone gets counted. An undercount would have consequences for the next decade. Although the Citizenship Question is off the questionnaire, the antiimmigrant rhetoric continues and all of this will have a Chilling Effect on participation. Especially for undocumented and other immigrant groups. Researchers predict that the 2020 census could lead to the worst undercount of black and latino people in the u. S. Since 1990. We cannot let this happen. And let me say this again we cannot let this happen. [applause] we are going to roll up our sleeves, were going to work hard each and every day because at this time right now there are thousands of children sitting in our classrooms with hopes, dreams, for a better future. And we cannot let them down. And so i ask every and each and every person here to begin to roll up your sleeves, talk to your friends and neighbors and colleagues, strangers. We are going to Work Together for San Francisco is going to be the leader in this country to make sure that no one is left behind in this country. Thank you. [applause] and i would like to now please welcome adrian palm, the executive director of the office of Civic Engagement and immigrant affairs and the leader who is leading the census efforts in San Francisco. Thank you, adrian, for all of your leadership. Thank you, everyone. [applause] thank you. Wow, theres a whole lot of awesome power in this room, isnt there . Thank you all for your leadership and your inspiration. You know, we live in extraordinary times that require a sense of purpose and fearlessness and thankfully we have an incredible we have incredible people power, political will, and the ability to make positive change. We also have the most awesome and the fierce mayor and speaker of the house. [applause] you have heard many reason yes the 2020 census is so important to our city, to our region and our state. There are nearly 900,000 people in San Francisco that need to be counted by the u. S. Census bureau. Each person who participates in the census translates to 2,000 in federal funding each year. Thats more than 17. 6 billion coming to our neighborhoods and our communities over the next decade. We need that money for schools, libraries, roads, nutrition, and most of all affordable housing. We have a lot of work ahead of us as you have heard to overcome all of these barriers to make it possible for every person to participate, to motivate our residents to fill out their online census form as soon as it goes live in midmarch. Since last fall, all of our Community Grantees and the network of partners, labor, arts and education and city partners, have been getting the word out that the census is coming. Thanks to our art in action and their coalition of local artists who have started taking over the streets, the San Francisco campaign, s. F. Counts, will be infused with creativity and art that reflects all of our diverse people. Every library, Deacon Center and every social service site and interface will have information and inlanguage referral to help our residents to participate. And this is not just about San Francisco, as you have heard our speakers say. The a partnership with the whole bay area and the state of california and the entire country. A quick shoutout to the california state select committee on the census, the california complete count, and the Community Affairs and our state assembly and Senate Offices and the u. S. Census bureau who are all present in the house. For many, the 2020 census will be the very first step to Civic Engagement and exercising their right to participate. So who matters in this census . Everyone matters. We look forward to working with all of you, and it wont be easy, but we will get the job done together. I want to thank you very much. This concludes todays press event and please enjoy the reception and the event here. Thank you very much, everybody. George Washington High School marching band. [applause] please welcome kayla smith. [applause] good morning, everyone. Hows everybody doing today . Thank you. Thank you for joining us today for this historical occasion. My name is kayla smith, and i will be your mistress of ceremonies for the evening. Growing up in San Francisco d5, hayes valley, to be exact, since the age of four, i have been privileged to receive