Transcripts For SFGTV Mayors 20240703

Security events. We refer as a nsse. Due to the size significance and anticipated attendance. This will be the United States secret service 75 National Security event. This designation is given to insure the full weight leverage talent and resources of the federal government and our state and local partners to this event and other events like this. When an event is designated the u. S. Secret service assumes its mandated role as the lead agency for it design and implementation of the Operational Security plan. However, the success of these events cannot be obtained by any one agency alone and i can say it has been a collaborative effort between the u. S. Secret service, the San Francisco Police Department, the california Highway Patrol, the federal bureau of investigation, the federal Emergency Management agency, u. S. Coast guard, San Francisco Fire Department and many federal state and local partner tuesday design the security plan. During the last several months and in fact today, this Collaborative Team has conducted numerous training exercises, one of which we finished this morning a table top exercise to prepare for this event cht this insures that each agency is properly prepared for this event of this magnitude. The number one priority for the secret service and everyone standing here today is the safety of the world leaders, the attendees coming to the apec summit, but as well as the general public here in San Francisco while the apec summit is here in San Francisco. Because of the nature of this designation and impact to the normal daily lives of San Francisco residents and visitors is unavoidable. However, the team here has taken extraordinary measures to minimize that impact where possible while maintaining our obligation to the safety of the attendees oof the apec semt as elwith as the general public. The public will experience increased traffic on both roads and walkways in and around the apec venues. Vehicular Public Transportation and pedestrian impacts should be expected in the downtown area around the muconey center. Around the San Francisco waterfront, as well as the nob hill neighborhood. Residents and businesses generally will have access to their normal residents and their normal businesses, however, they may under go a security screening and mild inconvenience to traverse these areas. Specific road closures and pedestrian and vehicle access information have been provided on a map like the one displayed behind me here that can be accessed online. Also made available to Mapping Software people are familiar with here in San Francisco that they have on their personal smart phones and other devices. Secret service establish remote delivery and vehicle screening at pier 27 that allow all delivery vehicles going into their zones to be screened and then they will be given specific instructions once they are screened. Their vehicle will be sealed and can access the perimeter under certain conditions. Deliveries should occur between 10 p. M. 7 a. M. There will be temporary flight restrictions. This will impact commercial and private air traffic as well as drown operators. The federal Aviation Administration this and notice to all airman for all effected air traffic. Again to include drones. There will be restrictions for commercial and private maritime traffic around the waterfront area. Those restrictions will be communicated directly by the u. S. Coastguard and notice to mariners. The summit security plan is part of the secret service zero no fail protective mission and also a part of each and every state federal local agency participated in this security plan. We have absolute confidence in this plan and we have taken extraordinary measures to minimize the impact to the public and to the residents and visitors of San Francisco. We thank the residents and visitors of San Francisco for their patience. We will do our best to collectively keep the public informed of changes or impacts or incident that occur during the apec summit. I like to personally thank chief scott with the San Francisco Police Department as well as the San Francisco department of Emergency Management and many other federal state and local partners who mentioned for all the work thus far. It is truly a collaborative effort and i thank you all for your continued partnership. My pleasure to introduce chief bill scott. Thank you special agent brown. First of all, i want to thank our partners and like to start with special agents jeremy brown for leadership and professionalism planning the apec alongside the sfpd. I want to thank and acknowledge the partners at the cal Highway Patrol. We have [indiscernible] here and also thank commissioner [indiscernible] for their assistance and commitment of resources to this event. We cannot do this without their help and this is a unprecedented event for the city of San Francisco. We are very excited to take part in this event and putting the global spotlight on the city and county of San Francisco. We are expecting up to 20 thousand people from across 21 member apec economys, ceos around the world and expecting close to 1 thousand media representatives. Our city is ready to meet this moment. The San Francisco Police Department has a full time team working with all Department Bureaus to insure adequate Service Provided to the apec event and to the city as a whole. Our department of Emergency Management headed by director carol and mayor office are working full time to coordinate all city agencies to be prepared for this epic event. The San Francisco Police Department is also partnering with federal, state and local agencies to support the u. S. Secret service, their security mission. Sfpd is working to insure First Amendment activity is properly facilitated and remains peaceful and let me be very very clear, any act of violence against any member of the public or Law Enforcement will not be tolerated. This department has a lot of experience in handling large scale security events. Yearly we have the pride event. The 2018 Global Climate action summit superbowl and victory parade for Golden State Warriors and San Francisco giants. We have experience with this but so do all our partners. That experience will make us successful with this years apec event. Ypt to talk about our staffing. The San Francisco Police Department is staffed up and prepared to make sure this event is safe for everyone. Work wg our department of Emergency Management and will have a joint Information Center to respond to inquirys and get information out in real time. We do not anticipate apec impact City Services by ems or 911. Emergency responders will be available everywhere in the city. Several hundred sfpd officers are dedicated to normal operations, including calls for service and Emergency Response acrauz the city. And we plan to maintain adequate service for the greater city in our 10 district stations outside of the apec conference boundaries in order to handle our routine normal calls for service and provide the Public Safety needs of this city. All of our sworn members will be working. We are mobilized for that week and we will have hundreds of sfpd officers ambassadors, volunteers dedicated to this apec conference to insure the safety of visitors and dignitaries in both the city limits and at the San Francisco international airport. The california Highway Patrol and over a dozen local agencies are providing personnel to supplement the needs for the uniform Law Enforcement as designated apec venues and events. Our San Mateo County agency is supporting the San Francisco airport so we are well prepared for this events. Here is our call to axz. We are asking the public, stay vigilant. If you see something, say something. We should do that always no matter what you see, we will check it out. Dont be afraid to call. Be patient. As special agent brown mentioned, many areas of the city will be impacted by street closures, detours, buses rerouted, Public Transportation rerouted and dignitaries escorts. It will take all patience to get through this week. We will keep you informed and make sure you know what routes you can take for Public Transportation, what routes are closed so you can plan accordingly. We encourage you to take Public Transportation or walk, but most importantly, please enjoy the city as you would normally. This Police Department and our Public Safety partners will be out 24 7 as always insuring our community is safe. Last, lets please be respectful and tolerant of one another. Many people from many cultures and many Different Countries with many different ways of life will be converging on the city of San Francisco during apec. We are that city. We are a welcoming city that respects every culture, so lets make sure that we model that this week and beyond. Lets show the world that we are truly a world class city. The map has been provided. Working closely with City Partners and agencies to assist with road closures. Working with mta on Public Transportation but Pay Attention to the alerts because that will help us get through this with hopefully minimized disruption to normal routine. With that, i like to close by saying, thank you, thank you again to our partners. This will be a exciting time for the city of San Francisco as we will be on the global stage. We are prepared. We have done this before. We have the experience. We have the collaboration. We have partnership and we are committed to making this a safe event for everyone and with that, i like to introduce special agent in charge from the fbi, bob trip. Good afternoon everyone. Thank you chief scott. My name is bob trip. In november, apec will bring together the leaders of nations that account for 40 percent of the global population and 50 percent of global trade. The fbi is committed insuring these leaders, other visitors and the city and residents of the bay area can enjoy these events in a safe and security environment. We are bringing all fbi resources to bear to fulfill our own mission and to plan for contingencies. Our role will focus on crisis management, investigation, and intelligence support as part of our preventing terrorism mission. We will Work Together with partners to collect Threat Intelligence and mitigate any threats in support of this event. A driving force behind the summit is the power collaboration that same principle is guiding the planning and engagement of the federal state and local partners that you see gathered here today. The fbi is proud to stand among our partners and to provide them all with our full support. Ill turn things back over to secret service for questions. We can take some questions related to the apec event. First up. Hi. There. What measure s might the secret service might conduct sweeps to make sure any unhoused individuals in zone may be removed, is that something the secret service will be working on . First off, thank you for that question. I know there is a lot of concern in San Francisco regarding the homeless population. We have a plan that we work closely with San Francisco Police Department on. I will turn it over to chief scott. I think he has more detailed information to answer this specific question. Thank you for that question. First of all, let me say, we are not conducting sweeps. We have a infrastructure in the city to address some of the challenges with our unhoused population and we will plug into that infrastructure to make sure people need help need help. The main thing, the main focus that we are all here for is Public Safety and the safety of this event. There will be places where we wont allow access and we are prepared to deal with that if we have unhoused people that are displaced. They will have opportunities for shelter. They will have opportunities for help, but the main thing is to make sure it is a safe environment, so we will plug into our regular infrastructure. The department of Emergency Management. The Fire Department has a street Crisis Response team. We have shelter beds available. We have the resources to make this work and thats what we intend to do. I want to say this, it isnt a crime to be unhoused. It isnt a crime to be homeless. We are out there to make sure we help people. We are out there to make sure this event is a safe event but we also want to represent our city in the finest light, so all these components and infrastructure pieces we put together over a number of years will come together and help guide us to a successful event. Should people start expecting to see like, [indiscernible] things in the ramp up to this since they are necessary to [indiscernible] heads of state. Thanks for the question. In the days leading up to the period of the nsse, you will see what we would call administrative movement of motorcade vehicles throughout the city to prepare. You will see instillation of various physical barriers to assist with the restrictions displayed on the map here in the days leading up to the 1518 period. It is slow ramp up a few day ahead and culminating the evening of the 14 to Early Morning hours of the 15 of november. On the map, what are all the colors mean . Can someone point out what everything up there means [indiscernible] if i could get a map here i can refer to real quick. I got one with me and will try to talk through it. So, the colors and everything on the map are selfexplanatory. There is a legend at the bottom corner and so im happy to visit privately after this to answer those questions, but for me to explain entirety of the map, there is a lot on the map. There is vehicle restricted zones. There is pedestrian restricted zones. There is closures of Public Transportation routes. There are reroutes available to the public of San Francisco to take in lieu of the closed Public Transportation routes. Those are all displayed on the map. Those are what the Different Things mean, but detailed explanation of the map for the purpose of time here today, not going through from az on that. [indiscernible] for people listening at home. Where can people read and find out the closures that effect them . Excellent question. I know this map is going to be most important to the public so ill differ that question to a San Francisco pd or City Partners. [indiscernible] you are saying there is a [indiscernible] can you elaborate on that . People are wondering [indiscernible] we had the president here. We had a lot of people from out of town. What type of extra security are we expecting, especially 21 leaders . Great question. Again, as i said earlier, this event has warranted full resources of the federal, state and local government, so im not going to speak to specific numbers. What i can tell you is there will be a extraordinary amount of Law Enforcement, military and Public Safety personnel in San Francisco for this event, so well above what anybody has ever seen here before. Can you give us the ideawe have seen the president in San Francisco before. Can you give comparison how much more locked down the city will be . I cant give you a detailed comparison other then to say, it will be much more then a normal president ial visit to San Francisco. We are anticipating not just the president of the United States, also the Vice President , also potentially heads of state from 21 other countries that are coming to this event, so you know, minimum, 21 times what you would normally see might be a good opening ball park, but again, very hard to specifically describe and compare because you are comparing apples to oranges. [indiscernible] thats a great question. So, the major closures around muconey will be from Second Street to 5 ethstreet. Those streets will be open beyond the points the streets will be closed. Then from Market Street to harrison street. Again, both streets being open, but anything beyond that boundary is closed to vehicular traffic. [indiscernible] im going to differ to the city of San Francisco on the Public Transportation questions because they are the experts on that. Good afternoon. I name is Jeffrey Tumlin the executive director of the San Francisco municipal transportation agency. We are very grateful how closely the secret serve iss worked with us to minimize negative impact to the Transit System and particularly to center naerbds like chinatown, union square, south of market and the whole Southeast Quadrant of San Francisco. That said, for security reasons, the yurba buena station and 4th and brandon station of the central subway will need to be closed for it duration of the event. We are grateful we are able to reroute trains, so the t3 trains instead of going into the central subway will simply follow the old route to Market Street subway and very importantly will be able to run High Frequency shuttle trains between union square, Market Street station, and chinatown. This is very important for us to make sure we maintain strong conductivity to chinatown. Bart, caltrain will be fully operational uneffected. Sams trans and golden gate experience very miner reroutes so if you are coming to San Francisco that week, please do take Public Transit. Very importantly, we will be publishing very detailed traffic walking biking and especially transit updates under our website later this afternoon and will continue to update that as we get more information. Please go to sfmta. Com apec. Where you can not only find information, but also sign up for regular alerts and updates. What about the cable cars and [indiscernible] yes. The cable cars will be disrupted by the nob hill area zone but grateful to the secret service and our team who found a way to continue operate the hyde street line from the cable car barn at mason street to the hyde street terminal so that will keep running. The rest of the line needs to be replaced by bus connectivity. It sounds like there are three areas. There is muscone, nob hill and waterfront portion. Can you talk about the waterfront portion . I will differ to secret service for the details of the dates and boundaries, but for each of those, they worked very closely with us in order to develop plans to make sure Public Transit can be rerouted around those closures as needed. I wondered about the if i can answer that question first and come to you. So, your questions about the waterfront. [indiscernible] three security [indiscernible] thats correct. So, the question i think is about the waterfront, and that will primarily be on the day of and especially the afternoon and evening of the 15 of november. We expect the embarcadero to be closed that day on the 15 of november from battery to broadway that will be a closure there. You will also see diversion of traffic before you get to battery or before to broadway to prevent congestion. Also on the map you see a area in the water that is maritime restriction zone. That will be in effect the afternoon and evening of 15 of november that include ferrys and such diverted around that zone. We made large enough to account for safety needs and security needs we intend to have for that particular venue, but also allowing as much traffic as possible around that zone to take place. [indiscernible] i wondered about the people in the area they might have to undergo security check. Is that bag check or beyond that . Great question. For people that live around or operate businesses around some of these venues, particularly mos coney if you are trying to access for example the met rion or something of that nature, you will have to go what is effectively a bag check. Any packages or bags you have with you would have to be inspected, but nothing beyond the bag or package check will be the procedure there. How are you planning to respond to protesters and can you confirm if and where there will be zones that protesting cannot take place. Appreciate the question. The question is regarding protest and demonstration. So, ill answer part of it and turn the rest to chief scott. So, from secret service perspective, to answer your second part first, secret service does not designate protest zones, no protest zones. We designate general public areas and areas restricted from the general public. As far as your question regarding any concern over protests, as chief scott stated in his remarks and ill second this, during this planning, we accounted for the fact there will be perhaps many different groups and many different type of people that want to come to San Francisco and exercise their First Amendment rights and we are prepared to see that. We dont want to discourage that, however we want to make sure that if anybody is doing anything in conjunction with those activities that result in violence or criminal activity, that will not be tolerated by the u. S. Secret service or the San Francisco Police Department. Ill turn it over to chief scott for any second comments on that question. Thank you special agent brown. I just reiterate what was just said. It is about facilitation of peaceful First Amendment activity and also about the general Public Safety for this event and the public as well. Including the protesters themselves. We will facilitate like we always do First Amendment activity. We do that very well and we will employ similar tactics and strategy we always have and it is about facilitation. If and when protesters show up we will be deployed to handle that. We have extra officers that we will be able to handle that type of event if it occurs. The message is this and want to reiterate, criminal activity will not be tolerated and anybody think they are going to come in name of protest and hurt somebody or do crime or start fires that will not be tolerated so want to reemphasize that. We will do it consitutionally and respect rights and professional in our actions but will not tolerate the nonsense so i want to make that clear. We are all professionals up here. We respect the country consitution and will facilitate that, but we also want to make sure this is a peaceful event. Question for chief scott. Well aware sfpd had under staffing issues working with mutual partners in other counties and cities, is it safe to say during this time that sfpd might be fully staffed . Everybody is working, so we will be fully staffed and we have assistance. I said earlier in my remarks, cant thank the california Highway Patrol enough, the u. S. Secret service, all our partners, we are all in this together but the municipal policing is the San Francisco Police Department with help from other local agencies. We have motorcycle officers from other agencies, squads to deal with the security assignments and we have squads to deal with the fixed posts and we are prepared to adequately police the rest of the city during this event, so we are ready, and we are short, but thank goodness we do have the assistance of calling everybody in that make this work. Thank you, great question and fair question. Thank you. Businesses operating in some of the security zones, is there going to be any impact to their hours and also, is there cases where there is inconveniences because of dignitaries . Is there compensation for some of the [indiscernible] so, appreciate the question regarding the impact to businesses. With very few if any very rare exceptions there will be no businesses asked to effectively close. There will be impacts. Already discussed that people that are patrons of the businesses may need to undergo screening if they wish to do business wior perhaps the business workers or owners. There will also be impacts during motorcade movement. There is restriction of traffic and restriction of pedestrian traffic during key times so there will be impacts, but we are anticipating any full closures of any private businesses here in San Francisco as a result of this. Because of that, we are not anticipating any need to compensate Business Owners due to these impacts. It is something that as part of this National Special security event and the fact it is here in the city of San Francisco and hosted by the city that is anticipated these types of impacts will occur and ill turn it over to the city for further comment on that, but thats effectively comes with the territory of with these type of events. From a city perspective, our Mayors Office worked very hard to coordinate with Small Businesses, with all businesses. Office of economic development, our office of Small Business development have been working at this for monthss to keep everybody informed as to what the impacts will be. Online there will be a lot of people in the city that attend the conference. We hope it helps our businesses economically, but that only happens if we are well coordinated, people well informed and people understand what the closures are, how to get to and from daily routine of life and we will do that well. The department of Emergency Management does a great job informing the public when we have these types of events and Public Notices particularly if there is a emergency that are tied into this or as a result, or emergencies around the city. We will keep everybody informed and i think that will be the key to making this a smooth as possible, but we definitely arewe understand the businesses will bepeople will be disrupted and why we are here today and continue to message to the public to make sure we minimize the disruption and businesses can go about their routine. Thank you. [indiscernible] welcome everyone. Come on in. This is a very exciting day. I just want to introduce myself. My name is beth stokes. Im the executive director of Episcopal Community services, and i want to thank everyone for joining us today for yet another incredible achievement. And i really want to focus on that achievement in the expansion of permanent Supportive Housing for people who are experiencing homelessness. As many of you know, the diva residence was the second San Francisco project to be awarded homekey funding in round one. Homekey has played a pivotal role in our ability to swiftly and effectively create Holistic Solutions to address homelessness at its root causes, and is honored to have been a leader in the implementation of this Program Since its inception. I would like to sincerely, since clearly thank mayor breed and supervisor peskin for their unwavering leadership throughout this entire process without their dedication and support. This project would not have been possible. The diva residence is special for many reasons. Located in the heart of the city. As all of you know who who came here this morning, this afternoon, the diva hotel has actually long been a pillar for the community, providing a safe and welcoming space for visitors and residents alike to lay their heads over the decades, the diva hotel has morphed to meet the demands of the guests that it serves. In the years since the years spent rebuilding, since the 19 1906 earthquake, the diva initially provided housing for long term residents until the 1980s, when San Francisco underwent the first of Many Technology driven transformations. As the city changed so did the diva. Ultimately becoming a boutique tourism hotel, serving an International Clientele of travelers wanting to experience all that San Francisco has to offer. Fast forward to 2020. The world experienced a once in a lifetime Public Health crisis and the diva once again became a haven for the community, providing life saving shelter care to our most vulnerable residents. As this was a shelter in place hotel initially, as i stand before you today, i am thrilled to announce after acquisition in 2020 and two years of rehabilitate ation, the diva is now open and provides 122 stable, dignified, permanent homes for formerly homeless people. All thank you will pause. Yes the majority of this renovation took place during a difficult time, and this project is a beacon and testament to successful collaboration that withstood multiple trials. I want to acknowledge and thank our partners who help restore the diva. The department of homelessness and Supportive Housing. Thank you. Clap clap. Thank you, shereen mcspadden, for your leadership. Thank you so much. And i want to thank the Mayors Office of Housing Community development for their leadership on the Housing Accelerator Fund. Whos in the room with us today . And the California Department of housing and Community Development, who helped provide the funding to acquire this property. Were proud to see that the special building continues to live up to its legacy in service to San Francisco and would like to thank all of you for joining us in this celebration. So thanks. Now, id like to hand it off to you, executive director shereen mcspadden from the department of homelessness and Supportive Housing. Shereen. Thank you so much, beth, and congratulations. This is a really exciting day. You know, when i think about the family members ive had and the friends who ive grown up with in San Francisco who have become homeless this is what i hope for them. I really hope for a safe environment, a beautiful environment like this where people can heal and really heal from the trauma that theyve experienced on the street. So this is wonderful. And i want to thank all of the partners who are involved. Certainly Episcopal Community Services Want to thank mayor breed and supervisor peskin for their leadership. The Mayors Office of housing and Community Development and the Housing Accelerator Fund for making this possible with from a financing perspective, it just really takes a lot of partners to make Something Like this work. And i think people dont understand all of the work that goes into providing a home for somebody whos been homeless. So this is a very exciting day. Im looking forward to the tour and i dont want to take too much time because i know the mayor has a has a quick schedule today. I just want to turn it over to mayor breed, whos provided so much leadership for people experiencing homelessness and really has helped spearhead this Acquisition Strategy and really helped us take advantage of things like homekey so that we can so that we can ultimately help end homelessness. So mayor breed, passing it over to you . Well first, let me just thank like beth and Episcopal Community services for their partnership with the city and county of San Francisco. We talk about all of the things that we are trying to do to address homelessness in San Francisco. And we could not do that without partners that know how to do this work because this is very difficult work and we have made extraordinary gains and oftentimes what you constantly here in San Francisco is the problems. And to clean up the city and how are we helping the homeless and what are we doing or what arent we are doing . What are what we are not doing. And today i want to just give us a bigger perspective before i talk about the to make sure people understand the significance of what we have been able to do in this city, despite a global pandemic. So since i took office in 2018, we have been able to help over 10,000 people exit homelessness permanently. Thats 10,000 over 10,000 people who have not reentered our system, who we have not encountered back on the streets, but who have instead been housed in places like the diva. We did this project homekey. I just want to just be clear. The governor stole this idea from me and other big city mayors because during that time, you know, mayors were really leading the way during this global pandemic. And we had to completely empty, empty many of our shelters because of the congregate living situation stations. And it was necessary for us to get more creative and find other ways in which we could help get people housed. We went into a situation where we were able to bring people together and work with our hotels and to house people. It was a process and it was one that we were trying to move quickly on despite our citys bureaucracy. We were able to get a lot of folks housed and more importantly, it was very expensive. And we asked the governor for support it. And thats what we got with project homekey. We got an opportunity to apply for resources and to get the folks who own these buildings to consider selling these projects, to selling these buildings to us and San Francisco because of how good we are at paperwork, we were able. To get 212 million for five projects, including the diva. And when i think about not just what weve done with project homekey to purchase these buildings, to make them permanent, Supportive Housing spaces for the city, you know, before the pandemic, we had about 10,000 permanent Supportive Housing units all over San Francisco, and now weve added more than 3000 to that portfolio. So weve seen in over 30 increase in providing those kinds of resources, not to mention what weve invested in vouchers and other things that weve gotten from hud and resources that weve been able to pull together in order to get people into a better place. Our shelter system, i mean, theres so many different layers to this, and im really proud of how weve come together despite what people are trying to say about our city to get to this place because as even though folks are maybe they have a problem with what they see on the streets, we see Success Stories in places like the diva. We see Success Stories in glen lee, who is going to be talking in a moment about their journey and their stories and what happened to them before they found the diva, before they found a safe, affordable, cool place with wraparound, Supportive Services to call home. That is the other side of what San Francisco is doing for thousands of people every single day. That needs to be communicated just as much as everything else. Thats why this project is so significant and i want to really appreciate Shireen Mcspadden for all of her hard work in not just working with the Mayors Office of housing. And eric shaw is here today and trying to deal with the work necessary to apply for the state funding to deal with the tax credits, to provide the long term subsidy that the city has to give to help make sure that we have staff in these particular facilities. All of that work in addition to the vouchers that weve received, as i mentioned from the hud, from the housing and urban development, from the feds like all of the things that were putting together here will lead to a better for San Francisco and better access to Affordable Housing so that we can continue to move in the direction that we have in San Francisco. So we were one of the only counties in the bay area to see an overall reduction in homelessness by 3. 5. And a reduction in unsheltered homelessness by 15. In our last point in time count. So despite what the narrative is, san franciscans are working really hard because of organizations like episcopal family Community Services as well as the Housing Accelerator Fund. I know rebeccas going to say a few things in a moment, but we are always excited when were able to come together and talk about these great projects. But we also need to be reminded of how far weve come because it makes a difference in peoples lives. And i couldnt be more more proud than to be here today to celebrate the diva. I mean, when they said diva, i got excited. I was i was thinking, is that where im supposed to be living . Is that where all the divas go to live . But more importantly, i was just thinking about the 122 units with 126 individuals who are no longer on the streets, who have a safe, affordable place to call home, who have a community. And i want to express my appreciation to all the case managers and the people who work here who are going to be working with the community of folks here to make sure that they have the support and resources necessary to not only hold on to their unit, but to thrive in this city. That is a big part of our permanent Supportive Housing. Wraparound services, because its not as simple as giving somebody a roof over their heads. We know we have a lot of challenges in a major city like San Francisco, but its really about the people who are on the ground who are helping and whether its a doctor appointment or whatever the services, whatever that means. It is so critical that the staff that will be here every single day gets the support and resources they need to do the jobs that are definitely going to be difficult to do. But very rewarding when we see the difference in someones life. So i want to express my appreciation and thank you all so much for being here. And now id like to introduce macy leung, the senior director of Housing Development for Episcopal Community services , as. Good morning. Thank you, mayor breed. And thank you, city and county of San Francisco. My name is macy and its my honor to be here today. I wanted to thank you and celebrate this milestone with all of the incredible partners in this room for this project who have reimagine, ed this hotel into a new permanent Supportive Housing. This 122 new units with Wraparound Services is where our amazing residents can now call home and our residents can also enjoy convenient access in the heart of San Francisco to amenities, services and Public Transportation. Something that were very excited in this diverse and welcoming city of San Francisco. So i am grateful to be part of this collaborative effort that includes the ability to showcase the unique opportunity to partner with supportive and innovative Funding Sources such as the first homekey project in the city, and to create housing opportunities and to provide welcoming homes for our residents here. I would like to thank our incredible leadership supervisor peskin, mayor breed, as well as the team and city and county of San Francisco. Mcrd, San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund and the state of california. Hcd in partnership with Many Community leaders on this project and thank you specifically to our project team, including Housing Development team. Rebecca project manager julia and our architect and contractor garavaglia architecture and fine line construction. Our construction manager, richard dunn, our Services Team and caritas Property Management team and many more Unsung Heroes along the way who have touched this project at the project demonstrates what is possible and represent the variety of the important roles that everyone plays and exemplify the best. When we Work Together to create holistic, transit oriented and Service Enriched Housing that doesnt just provide a house to live, but the means to live well. So on behalf of housing developer and team, thank you. And it is my pleasure to introduce you to rebecca foster, the ceo of the San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund. Thank you very much. Thanks macy. So i wanted to take us back to july 20th, 20, when everyone here was all hands on deck in response to the pandemic. And that was when, as folks have mentioned, the state issued its first homekey nofa. For 600 million for our cities and nonprofit partners to apply to buy buildings, to provide housing for the most vulnerable residents, at risk of homelessness and experience homelessness. A ton of people here got together and put in an application for this building. That application went in on august 12th and we were waitlisted on october ninth. So yesterday, a few years back, we received the notice that this project was awarded the max amount of funds from homekey 26 million for acquisition and rehab and another 3 million in an operating subsidy. But these are federal funds. And the condition was we had to close by december 2nd to get those funds. So less than 60 days and as you can imagine, this beautiful building which was built in 1912, has all of these amazing characteristics about it. And it was built in 1912 and closing in 60 days with a Purchase Agreement to close in 60 days, not full access. We knew and the team knew the city knew that there were going to be challenges that we had not yet foreseen and the building had been being operated as the mayor mentioned, as one of the cities in credible responses as a roomkey hotel. And so it was already serving our our most vulnerable neighbors in the building. And we had less than 60 days to get to that finish line so we could get these funds and as you all know, this Incredible Team did it. And it took everybody at and after this acquisition in the city has successfully purchased nine buildings. So eight more buildings after this providing permanent Supportive Housing for 1400 residents built on the model that the sprint required here. And what i wanted to highlight about this is the leadership that is required to take risk. And this was a big risk for everybody involved. It was a really big risk for the city. It was a really big risk for us. It was a risk for the half at all different levels. I mean, beth and her Incredible Team and their amazing board had to make a decision to take on tens of millions of dollars of debt because im a developer in the most difficult way possible and acquisition rehab of buildings built in the early 1900s and half had to convince our board to commit to a giant loan that we didnt have the money for. And when we said we will raise the money in the next two months because we cant not do this and the city also had to say we will streamline, we will cut the red tape. We will get on board, well commit the funding and that is leadership. And it doesnt come without cost. And its been hard and it will continue to be hard. But the cost of not doing it is so much more significant. So i just want to say thank you in partnership for taking on this incredible risk. This is what we need to be. Keep doing and we are doing together. And yes, thank you so much. Thank you. I am going to introduce the board president , supervisor peskin. So welcome. Thank you. Beth most of it has been said, but let me just say that this is government at the local and state and federal level working at its best. If theres a Silver Lining out of the entire covid 19 experience, this is part of it. The government got out of its own way. Rebecca just described how it happened in record time. And i want to contextualize it, which is this is only one. We did the exact same thing just a few blocks away with over 230 units at the granada around the corner at the post hotel, all being run by ecs and all of them very challenging, not only from a financial risk perspective, not only from what macy emails my office about all the time relative to the adaptive reuse and bringing them into the dawn of the 21st century, but also relative to the challenges of a new population moving into a neighborhood which is the bread and butter of a district super visor. And lets be clear, it doesnt come. Alex and i were just having this conversation without its hiccups, but the notion, the underlying notion of supportive is the Wraparound Services is the fact that there are case managers on a 1 to 2 ratio. Thank you, shereen, that are helping navigate these people that are the new residents and our commitment as a city is to make sure that all of these places fit in seamlessly. And i want to acknowledge the neighborhood. They have not been thanked. I want to thank the neighborhood of union square, Marissa Rodriguez and the union square alliance, the Lower Nob Hill Neighborhood Association for their willingness to work with the city, to work through those hiccups and to hold the city accountable. To put it in a perspective relative to the home key money that has been a boon for San Francisco. The vast majority of that money has been spent within a few blocks of where were standing with real impacts on the neighborhood. All of which the Mayors Office and my office have been working to address, and that we are working through. And just to put that in perspective, of over 700 units, the granada at some 230, this at 122. The post hotel, the navigation center, and the 711 post street shelter, over 700 units within a few blocks of where we sit. We should be proud. Weve got work to do. That is my commitment. Thank you, supervisor. It is my honor to introduce mr. Glenn lee, who is a resident of the diva. Mr. Lee, thanks for being here. Good morning. Mayor breed, supervisor peskin, distinguished guests, thank you for your visit this morning and thank you for the opportunity to be a welcome part of the diva to together we celebrate what is the achievement of the diva and its recognized that not only from the larger perspective, but from all of us who live here and some who may not be able to articulate it, know that. Mayor reed, as you know and as you all well know here, finding stable housing is a big challenge. Personally it has been a very difficult one and one is caused quite a bit of despair for the emotional scars of which remain to this day. But for the efforts of the many who out of their hearts work tirelessly to give themselves from all walks of life, from all levels of society, from all different professions and skills, who came together, work tirelessly and compassionately. To bring together solution to this problem. There are many lessons in life learned here and much appreciation for that. The travel to the diva has been a long one, but but again, for the efforts of the many, this has been made possible. So all this to say that the diva is a blessing and its a blessing not only because of the four walls and the and the roof and the bed, as important as all that is, its a blessing because. Cause its an opportunity d and a and a and a way to receive the goodness of the staff and Episcopal Community service, even caritas Property Management , who give themselves to, to not only bring a safe environment, but also to build a home and a community for the people that live here. For me, maam, the success of the diva rest primarily in the efforts of Episcopal Community services in turn, the success of the Episcopal Community services rests on their are four key tenets the principles that define their mission, which is dignity, respect, integrity and compassion. Those those four components and guide their mission, their mode, their manner. And it is this mission that allows them to face the challenges of building a community and allowing those challenges in their community to find some way, some measure of recovery, stability and forward development. This is no understatement. Its a big its a big step in changing the lives of people on a daily basis. And for that safe environment, for that community, for that home, for all the efforts, for the hearts that are exchanged. I can only say that that a blessing that it is. I hope that and i respectfully submit to you, mayor and to supervisor peskin, that you would consider the diva as a role model for what Supportive Housing can be and should be. And i would further respectfully submit that the Episcopal Community services and the diva carry on the vision in the future of what Supportive Housing can and should be and i hope that we can all be a part of this working together in that effort. Thank you very much for all your time and your efforts this morning. So i want to thank everyone for joining us. And we are going to do a ribbon cutting. Good ready . Five, four, three, two, two, know San Francisco invest nothing resource sos care for people with Substance Use crisis on the streets. Includes new program and successful pilots. What is the location of the emergency. A San Francisco 911 dispatcher. Jot train that this dispatchers receive for street crisis team and our new program is to triage calls for Mental Health as a medical call. We dont tree it as a Police Matter more a medical matter enthusiasm clint iings, paramedics emts and councilors are dispatched through 911. We dispatch teams trined identify the crisis. They sends an emt and medic. If you are upon experiencing an emergencior worry body machines safety on the street call 911 nonemergencies use 311. You can learn more about the street i general meeting of the San Francisco police commission. Before we get started, i just wanted to acknowledge the untimely passing of christopher shea. Christopher shea was an attorney who appeared before the commission and represented officers before the commission and represented them zealously and demonstrated an unwavering commitment to his clients. And he will be he will be deeply missed. Good evening. The chair has called the meeting to order. 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