Budget, um that we really should go ahead and have a community meeting. So this is a community meeting. We have our commissioners present. Um, one of our commissioners. Was unable to be here. Uh thats commissioner joaquin guerrero, whos out of the country, but we have five other commissioners here. We also have members of the public in the room and we have members of the public on line. And so were going to go ahead and go through our regular, um the items that we were planning to cover today, which is our directors report. We will have a report on the budget and then we will have, um , a presentation on the which is an overview of the homelessness response system just to set the framework for everyone. In the ensuing months, we will we have worked with the commission to set up some presentations for all of you and for the public so that you can start to understand the various interventions and various pieces of our homelessness response system in San Francisco and how they all fit together. So please bear with us as we get used to working with the commission. I apologize for the technical difficulties weve had this morning and for all, also for the posting that didnt quite work correctly, but i think well get these kinks out and be able to have regular Commission Meetings in the future. So i will go ahead and start with my directors report and we will um , the commission will have an opportunity next month to approve rules of order to approve the minutes from the last meeting. We will not have meetings minutes from this meeting since they cant be approved since this is not an official meeting. Um and then i think you know, we also want to create a space here for Public Comment, so we will secretary will ask for Public Comment after the directors report, and after the other two items that we have for this morning. And then, um, so and then that will conclude our meeting. So again. Thank you for your patience. So im going to start this morning, and im hoping that the danny that you can put up the slide deck. Okay, thanks. Im going to ill just just to give some background. Im gonna go through my regular report this morning, but there were a number of presentations and questions that you all had, um, that the commission had. And so im trying to incorporate some of the responses. Into my report this morning. I think that there were a number of things that would be full presentations, or at least be folded into some of the deeper dives that we want to take in the future on some of the interventions in the pieces of the work of the department. But there were also some things that we thought that we could get to this morning and hopefully they will help at least start the discussion on some of the things that built the commission and the public are interested in so, um just if you could go to the next slide. So well start with some data and programmatic updates focus on some of the questions that weve received from commissioners and then also incorporating in the regular report that i would normally give you so beginning with the next slide outreach. Outreach dropped slightly with 3200 engagements in april. The Homeless Outreach Team Contract is up for weak procurement and is posted on the hsh website and submissions are due by june. 5th 2023, so the Homeless Outreach team is really the team that is tasked with going out and working with people who were experiencing unsheltered homelessness. Um they were how they have tools to engage with people hopefully get people into shelter, but certainly try to really build a trusting relationship with people we have had the same contractor for quite some time, and we are now re procuring that because of course, this is a competitive process. Where every you know at the end of each period. We really need to go out and see if there are other interested contractors or parties. And so were in that process this year. Next slide, so in terms of coordinated entry assessments are coordinated entry assessments stayed relatively consistent. Um as well in april with 974 assessments. At this point with two reporting months left, we have surpassed the total number of assessments done last year. This really reflects our increased systems capacity at hsh. And then in terms of Program Updates and continuing with coordinated entry, so we have two coordinated entry providers lyric and Saint Vincent de paul, who participated in the project homeless connect event at bill graham on may 10th and engaged with 35 clients. Were making progress filling the rapid re housing for savard survivors program. With almost half the slots filled we had a Multidisciplinary Team visit the bay view Navigation Center during april. And provided the following services of the 185 guests. Theyre about a third were not known to coordinate entry and the team assessed 33 guests for coordinated entry. 36 guests were enrolled in rapid re housing. Five guests were enrolled in in Home Supportive Services and three were enrolled in nursing supported permanent, Supportive Housing through the home safe program, which is a partnership with the department of disability and aging services. Um and then a Success Story to give you an example of the kind of work that Episcopal Community services and or that kind of work in general Episcopal Community services engaged with a person who lost her Affordable Housing at the end of 2022 and was unknown to our coordinated entry system. She had struggled with substance use. But its been sober for several months during her time at the bayview nav center. Episcopal Community Services was able to connect her to Senior Housing within our hsh housing portfolio. So next slide. Um one of the public data resources we have available is the coordinated entry and housing demographics dashboard. The information displayed is for the First Quarter of 2023. So its january to march, but you can explore data back to 2019 and keeping with past months were largely referring black Indigenous People of color to housing and moving them in at a similar rate to their enrollment in coordinated entry, indicating that we are not losing people along the way in the housing process at a disproportionate rate. Of note this quarter, a greater proportion of clients housed more black than the proportion of black people enrolled in coordinated entry. 39 of household enrolled in coordinated entry where black compared to 42 of those housed. So on the next slide, there were a few new elements of the coordinated entry and housing demographics dashboard to highlight that the data to highlight that the data team recently developed first we can now compare population served across fiscal year. This first chart shows a sample of the kind of analysis thats possible. Looking at the percentage of households enrolled in coordinated entry across the years that are latin, you can see the percent of households enrolled in coordinated entry that are latin has increased in 2023 with latino households now making up 25 of all households enrolled. The second chart shows the second new functionality, which is a judge. This is a snapshot of the ages of households served at different stages of the coordinated entry process in the First Quarter of 2023. You can see that while about 21 of people enrolled in coordinated entry or older adults. 26 of those housed or older adults. These new features allow for various analyses to help guide our work and ensure that we are keeping equity at the center of that work. So moving on to problem solving so far this fiscal year, 764 households have resolved their homelessness with problem solving with 2. 3 million in financial assistant dispersed a big jump from the 500 served during the entirety of fiscal year. 21 22. Most clients are adults over 20 over the age of 24. Top interventions are Financial Assistance from moveons travel and relocation assistance, furniture and rental assistance after moving. And then housing placements rose again in april 2 154 placements. And then just want to talk a little about bit about our emergency housing voucher rollout, so one pro one program included in this placement and info is emergency housing vouchers. We also call them h v s because we like to shorten everything. We continue to make Good Progress on the h b roll out with over 1000 referrals submitted by the end of may. Were continuing this momentum to refer new households based on their original referral source in order to re Issue Vouchers that have expired. As of late may, 876 vouchers have been issued and 617 households had moved into units. Over two thirds of the number of vouchers available of households who have moved in 50 of households were experiencing homelessness with 30 on sheltered in 20 sheltered 12 were recently homeless. 17 were survivors of Domestic Violence coming from Domestic Violence providers, 21 were at risk of homelessness and as of mid may, demographics of referred voucher recipients were steady with prior months for those referred 90 of applicants referred were bipac. 58 black head of households 21 latino latina, 9 native american or indigenous and 10 l g b t q. At least a third lived. Or stayed in the bayview when they applied. And then moving on to housing. Were also making progress on um. Some new acquisitions. So 11 74 folsom street. Um. Was were were approved to apply for state home key funding for this site. The acquisition legislation is slated for introduction this month. And h s. H s housing teams continuing to focus on Housing Quality work in the psh portfolio, and i think some of you asked about this, um we are rolling out elevator repair funds and funding for capital repairs this summer. And weve started Housing Quality standards inspections for the local local portfolio. Um in 2023 24. This will happen every other year and investments in 2022 to 2024 budget in wage increases to improve staff retention and service for psh Property Management, frontline staff, desk clerks, janitors and maintenance people. And we know thats been a real challenge. A real challenge for on the quality side is really been staff retention among our providers, and so weve we think that these investments in um, wages will really help make a difference. And weve heard from our providers that it has for the wage increases that we have rolled out so far. And then in terms of housing vacancies. Were still seeing our vacancy rate continued to decrease as our portfolio expands. This month. There were 811 vacancies in our existing inventory. A decrease from 825 vacant units last month and over 1300 vacant units at the peak in fall of 2022 of those units, 305 were offline for a variety of reasons. Um 66 were held for transfers to 100 and 15 have a prop pending. Just 303 units are ready to get a referral, which means just 3. 5 of hsh is current portfolio is truly vacant with no tenant lined up to move in. And obviously this is too much, but, um, the number is a lot. That percentage is a lot lower than its been. Weve worked very hard on. Our teams have worked very hard to bring that vacancy right down. This count does not include the 108 units in lisa right now, both new units at city gardens where families have just started to move in and reopened units after a fire at the nationals that are in the lead, lisa phase. And then h s and then moving on to the next slide. Hsh is taking many steps to reduce our vacancies as mentioned in the Housing Quality slide budget investments approved last year to increase wages for Property Management were intended to improve Property Management, staff retention and quality, leading to quicker unit turnover and Higher Quality of units. Now we have a Housing Placement Team, and our main focus is filling our units and getting our vacancy rates down. The team will be instituting new pro protocols for unit refusals piloting new placement methods, including direct placements from h. Refining pre referral review processes and an Institute Self certification when available, as well as working to increase document readiness work at shelter as of shelter case managers and then revising the approach to reasonable accommodations and add a request to accommodate height need clients. Implementing monthly reviews of vacancies at the provider and building level to improve data quality and oversight. So the work to improve data quality for vacancies as titus system improvements taking place in the one system h s h s federally mandated mandated homelessness Management Information system. In addition to using one to centralized client information, hsh is working to add unit level inventory information to the one system to track our housing stock. All site based, permanent , Supportive Housing units will be live in one in june of 2023. Which is a really big feet on the part of our staff, and this will allow us to have better quality data regarding vacancies. Note that this means we wont have vacancy Data Available next month while we transition to the to this new functionality, and we will return in july with that monthly report, so work to improve the one system will continue to with adding shelter but inventory referral, functionality and other reporting and monitoring tools. Hsh is taking many. Many is continuing to take other steps to reduce vacancies. Im sorry, like reading the same thing over. Um. Okay . Lots of slides today. So um, in terms of evictions, this is another big area from our from our commissioners. And thank you for your questions, so to give you a sense of the landscape, and i know therell be further questions, and so i think we can do a deep dive on this. And in the months that are coming, um i just wanted to give you some data. In hs hs continuum of care funded sites, which we believe is indicative of the full portfolio. Tenants have a 97 year over year stability rate in an 87 and 87 of tenants remains stable. E housed after two years in permanent, Supportive Housing, this is well above the National Average of 80. Every september, hsh submits an invitation and exit report is required by local legislative legislation for city funded housing that provides eviction data for the last fiscal year. In fiscal year 21 22. There were 142 evictions. Out of 10,978 households or 1. 29 eviction rate across 146 sites of permanent Supportive Housing. As you can see from the data on the slide. The data over the last five years demonstrates that even as our portfolio site based php shs expanded, especially over the last few years with an unprecedented expansion of permanent housing under the mayors homelessness, recovery plan, eviction rates and unlawful detainers continue to decrease year over year. Data from 2021 reflects impacts of covid policies like eviction moratorium, etcetera moratoriums, etcetera. The unit level inventory project, noted on the previous slide will also allow us up to us to have improved Data Tracking on evictions outside the provider supplied information in the annual report. We will have data in the one system throughout the year on evictions and exits with additional democratic demographic data. And so several key strategies for eviction prevention first that investment in non profit wages very critical for improving Housing Quality, reducing vacancies in preventing evictions. 28 an hour floor for case managers and standardized ratios of 1 to 20 for youth and families and 1 to 25 for adults provides more support for clients to stay stable. We housed wage floors for Property Management to further support tenants. Um is a lot of our strategy to really working with our providers to ensure that they in turn are supporting are supporting their tenants to remain housed. The housing placements team, um supporting is supporting transfers and reasonable accommodation requests to get clients into units and programs where they can succeed, and were really working to create a better flow in that area, so that when people really need to move to a different type of housing because theyre just not flourishing in the housing where they are that we will make that easier for them. And then partnerships for intensive services through the department of disability and aging services again. Thats um things like in Home Supportive Services in the home safe program. Department of Public Health, which is Behavioral Health services. And, um medical support and then other partnerships are have been really critical to helping people stay housed. And then, um , providers set their own policies with respect to eviction as they are the legal landlord. Hsh is not and while hsh is a funder were not party to the least that tenants hold with their landlords. We offer guidance to providers around eviction, and they must follow the laws across our community. So next slide. The last big bucket is addressing non payment of rent. We have a few big strategies. Rent is capped at 30 of income across all p it, psh um per board ordinance, and jordans had a lot to do with that. So i just want to thank you for your advocacy there. Um hsh published guidelines for providers on how to handle non payment of rent based on National Best practices, which really means working with tenants as much as possible to provide the supports that they need and then providing prevention money to support psh tenants during the response to covid 19 helped over 2000 tenants with about 4 million worth of support. And then this, these resources will still be available to permanent Supportive Housing tenants who meet the eligibility requirements of having a recent financial hardship. So up to update on h s. H s main Prevention Program, which assisted those tenants and psh as well as um, for some of the questions that we received. The San Francisco Emergency Rental Assistance Program is the main hsh Prevention Program and part of the San Franciscos city wide prevention strategy is jointly administered by hsh and the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development. We call it a wrap, because again, we like to shorten everything launched in spring 2021 is a covid 19 rent Relief Program for people who could not get support from the states rental Assistance Program when the States Program closed in april. 2022 San Francisco expanded eligibility for the local program. In september 2022. The program stopped accepting applications due to a backlog. In february of 2023. After processing the backlog, the city reopened the program as a steady state program, which means no longer in response to covid 19 with more targeted eligibility requirements to focus on prevention for households, most in need without being overwhelmed administratively. Since june 1920 21, the program has dispersed approximately 51,000,002 over 70 or sorry over 7000 households to give you a sense of h s. H s program and fiscal year 2021 22 when the program was only fully open post state closure for three months. H s. H s seven prevention providers distributed 4. 7 million in iraq funding. And to update you on hitting the same thing over. So switching gears to shelter a reminder that our public dashboard is now live, showing shelter capacity and occupancy. As of may 30th. We had an 89 occupancy rate and we want to keep a little bit of flow in the shelter system for emergencies. Um so while we could have a little bit over 90, we dont want much over that because we have to accommodate for people who need let me doctor. And then just that more updates on the shelter side, the Community Shelter reservations pilot will roll out in july 2023 , which means house people can sign up for the weightless via phone or web form, and weve been working very closely with 311 on that Hotel Vouchers for youth and survivors of violence will launch this month. And hsh is working to wind down pier 94, the pier 94 trailer site. Um that was a site that we used during covid. We um, had an agreement with the purport to keep that site. Up and running through the covid local emergency and the covid local emergency has ended. So we have asked them. The Port Commission for an extension on that agreement, which will take us through the end of the year and hopefully a few more months longer. We will exit clients through a Housing Focus process similar to the sip hotel wind down where are also working to find a new trailer site for those folks who either prefer to stay in trailers or who dont um. Who dont rise to the top of our coordinated injury system. And then we also have a provider Selection Process for Mission Cabins thats underway with the solicitation of information posted on the hsh website. And then i just wanted to give you some other updates in response to questions that have come in from the commissioners. So starting with Overdose Prevention. Denny, can you move the slide . Um thanks. On to Overdose Prevention. Thanks so. Um hsh has had an Overdose Prevention policy since 2021 that affirms commitment to Housing First um, but also requires our providers to post informational materials make referrals as applicable have on an on site Overdose Response policy and ensure that designated staff take trainings on Overdose Prevention. As of this spring, this policy policy is fully rolled out, and were working to incorporate these contractual requirements into our remaining Service Contracts that may not already have them. Complaints will be checked on an annual basis through Program Monitoring as part of our regular Program Monitoring process. As of june, 1st will also have a much better pulse on where overdoses are happening, since all providers will be required to use an online form for Critical Incident reports and this will allow hsh to analyze that data and have better data. Um, we know this is just the start. Will be working closely with the department of Public Health to strengthen our policies and Services Available to people who need them, but i want to kind of reiterate that its really important that we will now have the data in one place. Um through that Critical Incident report process. We havent had that before, and so its been really challenging for us to understand. Really whats happening in buildings and you know this will allow us to say okay, well, were seeing some things happen in specific areas specific buildings, and we can work with our providers and with department of Public Health to come up with better policies or think about what populations we have in certain buildings, and what that mix should look like, or what kinds of supports that we need from the department of Public Health to really keep people safe. So in the wake of recent focus on resources for lgbtq, plus people and youth in the wake of banco browns death. We also wanted to touch on resources for lgbtq, plus people , and some of the commissioners asked for this. I um, wanted to say that were going to do a deeper dive into our services for transgender people and really talk about not only our strategy, but where we are in our five year plan to end homeless up to end trans homelessness, which is a partnership with the office of transgender initiatives are planning director felt that next month would be better for that, because well have end of your data and that will really help inform our report to you, so we will be bringing a much more detailed report than we use demographics of people enrolled in coordinated entries are best proxy for the population of people accessing our services to give you a sense of scale in the First Quarter of 2023 137, or 4 of people enrolled in coordinate coordinated entry, identified as t, g and c. 574 or 13 identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual questioning or other and then theres some Key Resources for the Lgbtq Community in the homelessness response system, um, we have the team on boot Navigation Center in jazz is place, which offers shelter with referrals from community partners. There are also two youth focused Access Points and were working on an initiative as i just mentioned and transgender homelessness with significant investments in housing. And we will give you that update later this summer. More information about our work supporting the lgbt q plus population is available in the annual Sexual Orientation and gender gender identity report. And, um. Yeah and well have more information for you next month. So theres lots of local legislation approved last month. We have to Navigation Center provider agreements. And you can see those are the baldwin and um , the youth knave center that which is run by third street. And then approval. As as noted earlier today for to apply for home key for 11 74 folsom, which will be youth housing and were also participating in several board hearings, including hearings on the citys supportive and Affordable Housing portfolio. The United Council of human services, audit and the citys Community Ambassador programs which we are part of, but in partnership with a number of other departments. And then theres more upcoming local legislation. Discover slide. Can you move to the next slide . There you go. So this summer will take additional legislation to the board, including five agreement amendments, one lease extension legislation to update the standards of care for city shelters. And there were also taking a new, um mou to the Porter Commission for the extended term at the embarcadero safe Navigation Center, and we will participate in several hearings, including a hearing on the hsh Strategic Plan. A hearing on the city contracts with todd co. And hearing on the Housing First model. Next slide. On the state side of things. Um an update on the governors 2023 24 budget. The budget addresses homelessness in several ways, including increasing coordination regionally and Holding Local Government accountable for outcomes and includes 1 billion in one time general fund for the Homeless Housing assistance and Prevention Program. A chap, which focuses on high priority needs like unsheltered. Homelessness um of note. Unfortunately, there are no additional home key funds in this budget hsh has advocated in support of several pieces of legislation and this year, including sb 6 57, which is a homeless services, staff training and sb 37, advocating for housing sub subsidies for older adults. Weve also supported a b 4 41 related to monthly tax distributions. And maybe 10 85 on Housing Support services through medical next slide. And a brief update from our chief equity officer. Um we will have probably more in depth. Reports in the future. We just wrapped up part two of our hsh Racial Equity training series, which covered systemic racism, intersectionality, interpersonal racism and aspects of white dominant culture at hsh , among other topics. Um there were nine in person sessions, and i just really have to thank our chief equity officer anthony bush. And i actually also introduce him because he wasnt here at the last meeting wasnt able to be here. He and his team did a wonderful job along with our consultant team. We had 195 staff trained, which is 93 of our staff, which is an amazing and amazing turnout. Given that people have absences in vacations and things like that. That was very exciting for us. Um and then our last slide, which we always put in my deck is hsh is hiring. We have a pretty big vacancy vacancy rates, so if people are interested in working with us, they should go to the website and check out the many, many vacancies that we have many opportunities. And, um that concludes my report. Thank you. And i would just add that, um, im here to answer questions, but i also have members of my exact team here to answer questions. And informal way. I thought maybe it might be good to let the public. We think it shows some respect to the individuals who come here today and so to give them first opportunity to speak, and then we just hold back and speak after that. That sounds fair. Thats great. Obviously this is informal meeting, but we certainly as discussed. We want to give president s to the community. Um the public before the commissioner speak, so at this time, well ask for Public Comment. So were going to open the floor to Public Comment. Are there any members of the public in the room who would like to make Public Comment. Thank you very good morning. My name is jordan davis. My pronouns. Are she heard they them happy pride month. All of you and i have a lot of thoughts about the transgender housing thing which i wont get into today. But ill talk to you offline anyway. For those that dont know me except for my other foul mouth brands during Public Comment. Im a psh 10 and activists and as the commission as the staff like to say, i led the successful theory right now campaign to get rents down to 3 of income and all psh. With shanley should have happened a long time ago and would have happened if we had the significant oversight. But im not here to dwell on past victories, or, uh, but i was also commissioner on a now defunct advisory backwater that dealt in part with h s h s subject matter and also graduated from the boards and commissions Leadership Institute in 2018. When i can tell you is that if youre not pushing for good and equitable policies as best as you can, then why the are you even here . Since there was a big buck up with the agenda. I want to use my time during general Public Comment to request that eviction policy changes be agendas for the july meeting, which is something that tend to advocates have been pushing for a while. As we all know, in august of last year, the chronicle did a piece on the psh eviction crisis, which we knew about for some time. But that only gave it more daylight. At the same time, tents were working with dean preston on a broad psh 10 bill rights, which touched heavily on eviction issues. Dean introduced the hearing in december. The hearing happened in march. 10th were organizing concurrently throughout that time, and after the hearing, we had to get deans office to arm twist hsh into giving us their eviction policy, which is basically bullshit guidelines, which some providers may follow. But we all know that other providers like thc, my landlord are fairly problematic and this one a guard. So then myself and several other tenants who by the way are also many of them are also lgbt q themselves, worked on the red line to give the policy teeth and worked in various policy recommendations that tenants like us plus the Housing Rights Committee have proposed. We since given the red line to commissioner evidence, and we thank her for taking this important issue on finally on a housekeeping matter. You shouldnt hold these meetings on the first of the month, especially during the morning because a lot of us have to, like, go back and get our checks because many providers make us do, uh, push us into a third party payment. And while im glad that the hsh guidelines we got addressed the issue of diverse payment methods. I think it needs to be a requirement thats worked in as well. And also, besides that, i think these things should be happening at night because thursday mornings because my backwater Commission Task force met thursday mornings at 9 a. M. And we didnt get good turnout, so its really time for the commission to get their footing and to actually advocate for really good policies, because other than that, because if youre not willing to do anything then why the funk . Are you even here . Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your comment. Are there any other members in the room who would like to make Public Comment . Hi im jean Jacques Singer and i wanted to direct this board. First off. I wanted to say im really glad there is a homeless Oversight Board because its really needed. I have lived in concord house about four years and i am grateful for the subsidized housing i got but kind of house is supposed to be permanent, Supportive Housing and hasnt been very permanent for me. I have been evicted, not once but twice. People everybody seems to have having after seeing all of the tv shows about hoarder clutters, you know, deciding that im a hoarder clutter have a lot of boxes that i had. That i had in my room, both in a shared flat and also at the midori hotel. And the reason i had those is because for a long time i was homeless and i had them started several different places. Long story short version. Ive had Property Managers who basically have said that im a fire hazard, and im a health and safety hazard and all that stuff. And basically, they used that against me. To basically victim e. Even though when i first moved in, they knew that i had major depression. And thats primarily why i have not sorted out my things and gotten rid of things, but i maintain them. Not a hoarder clutter basically somebody with a Mental Illness and Country House basically supposed to be permanent and supportive and supportive is Case Management and they have not done much in the way of Case Management with me. I saw one of their therapist for a year and basically she was of no help. Just basically was a paid person to talk to so long story. Short version. I really am angry with connor house. I think they should be investigated. Because basically they have given me the runaround and im not really giving me permanent housing because they kicked me out. Not once, not twice and when i went to Legal Assistance for the elderly, they were not helpful either, because basically all they wanted to do was have me sign a settlement. So im really hoping that this board will start looking into these things and part of the reason why also, i was kicked out of about the flat and the hotel. Midori is that i pointed out, like, especially with them adoree that they have probably right now. Still at least seven rooms that they have been vacant for at least six months, if not a year as i pointed out to the management, and they didnt like me, um showing their weakness was that basically what good does it do to have people that are outside on the sidewalk that are homeless . Theyre supposed to be house somewhere. And you have these hotel rooms that basically sitting there vacant and they just say, oh, we dont have enough caseworkers and oh, we forgot about or we didnt you know, we dont know anything about those vacant rooms. So i think its a real crime. And i think that connor house is not doing their job needs to be investigated or needs to have their funding taken away until they can get management and administration that can actually put Homeless People into hotel rooms. Thank you. Thank you and last, but not least im working with jordans. I was given very little process in terms of being notified that i was going to be evicted and the s r o neill of Rights Organization is put is going to be telling you more about probably in the future, if not today about having an arbitration process before anybody gets evicted from a s, r o or permanent, Supportive Housing. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any other members . In the room that would like to make Public Comments. My name is christopher Supportive Housing tenant in the tenderloin. Id like to. I think i support mostly most things that jordan and john jacob said, um especially want to push for you guys to agenda is the eviction policy changes. For the next meeting. Um i think its super important to also want to point out listening to, um this makes fattens. Uh. Presentation uh, im confused about. Evictions in permits. Part of Housing Hotels are are high. Um. Hsh im sorry. Thc is one of the biggest victors in the city. Um so to talk about stability rates. Um it the way we have. Its like 97 still afraid or 80 or something. You know, its that doesnt make any sense to me. I think ah when dean president uh , excuse me when, uh, the surprises held a hearing on evictions in s. R o. S. Dean preston made a comment about i was trying to ask about, you know the way that these were counted . Right and thats kind of a big deal. A bunch of people, lots of people are evicted by default, right . They just kind of move out. Because they see trouble coming. Um theres a lot of different ways that this data is counted. And i dont think that 97 represents the actual. Number of people who are displaced in permanent Supportive Housing hotels. Um so i think that needs to be interrogated. Uh, a lot. Um. So, yes, please agendas that, um. I also want to say that not having these meetings on the first month is a very good idea. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. So i dont i dont know if i could just offer up that it. It is the first thursday of the month and june is an unusual month and that its on i dont think that happens again. It happens. I think in 12 months i looked at the calendar. Yeah. Here but it is like one out of 12 meetings, i think, and i do get the broader points about evening meetings and things of that sort, but i just want to or that . Thats mm hmm. Unusual circumstance, it would be the first day of the month. Yes, sir. My name is brad mcmillan. My familys been in San Francisco since 18 54. Im also with a group of coalition of neighborhood groups. Um we have over 3000 people involved with our groups neighbors that are very concerned about the homeless issue and San Francisco. And the point of might like to make this morning is that San Francisco has become a go to city for drug addicts. That the word on the street that ive heard is that you get a lot of support inherited very easy access to drugs. You can do the drugs openly without any hassles at all. And i think that if were ever going to solve the homeless problem, we need to focus on changing that view of San Francisco is being a friendly place to be a drug addict. Uh if you look at trigger feeds theres a lot of twitter feeds. Of people that are not from San Francisco that talk about what a great place this is to be a drug addict. I hear its very easy to get, uh, funds. What ive heard is you get 520 a month. Cash and 200 a month in food stamps. Very easily. You dont have to be from San Francisco. You just make a phone call, and you get that. And then i mean, the easy access to the drugs is, uh just known to all you just walk out the front door here and you can just see it. Yeah. So i think that the two things that we should be concentrating on or two sayings that would help solve homelessness or not. Is to look at how easy it is for people who are not from San Francisco to get, uh, to get support here. And also we need to have a very concerned effort to get the drug dealers out of our city. Thank you for listening. Thank you for your comments. True. I didnt rejected twice. Are there any other . At this time, we will respect each others comments. At this time. Well have a conversation. You may provide additional Public Comment, but at this time we have a gentleman here at the table, so we asked him to provide Public Comment. Good morning. My name is alan burdeau. My comments today are very general and, uh, not related to this new commission in particular. Um, but two cities have made a clear separation between people who are homeless and people who camp on the streets. Director. Two cities have made a clear separation between whats happening on the streets and then people who are homeless. Ah ill share a couple of examples with west bend happening in a couple of deep blue cities recently and what that signals for us here in San Francisco in denver last year, voters had their choice between a number of Democratic Party mayoral candidates, nearly all of whom supported criminally charging the homeless who refuse shelter place space. The two runoff finalist in these deep blue denver in june, supported forcibly clearing these encampments and exit polls showed that 54 of denver voters said they supported a proposal to arrest those who refuse shelter space. This is a major change, especially for us here on the left. Ah, but when the public faces such a visible and obvious crisis, moderate democrats are no longer caving to radical did say leftist bullies. Another example is an auger is in austin, where moderate democrats shut down the de esa radicals on the city council as well as the mayor on homelessness. What do they do after legislators and the mayor . Repeal the citys long time camping ban and then and invited essentially invited the homeless to camp downtown voters. Voters chose to reinstate the ban in 2021 by nearly 20 by nearly by nearly 20 points. These liberal cities. Are rejecting the unaccountable, broken model that we have here in San Francisco in this model is broken here in San Francisco. These liberal cities. Rejecting the ds, a marxist uh, ideas that american capitalism cause homelessness and the only fix is a far left activist fix. Instead liberal cities like ours are ushering in a new era of homeless policy where accountability is king in San Francisco needs to be next. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Are there any other members of the public in the room that wish to make Public Comment . Good morning commissioners. My name is flips arrow. Um case youre not aware San Francisco has a big problem. If you are unaware of it, or you dont see it. I suggest you walk down seventh street. Between market and mission. What youre probably say is people lighting foil aluminum foil with drugs on top. Youll see consort. Um, distorted figures of people frozen due to drug drug doses. Youll hear your hair dealers calling out letting people know that they have drugs for sale. And its not just on seventh street on sixth street. Its street ninth street in the tenderloin. Its um, its printing out through San Francisco. You may also have noticed that, um Businesses University sin itty are leaving in droves. You can blame it on covid. You can blame it on amazon. You can work blaming im working remotely. But really what business would want to do their business for customers and workers are afraid to go. This is not good for San Francisco residents. This is not good for merchants, and its definitely not good for the people suffering on our streets. Maybe this is not directly homeless problem. But these people suffering on our sidewalks. Most likely do not have jobs. They cannot support themselves. So they are most likely homeless or living in subsidized housing. Which brings you in in the mix, but you, but you know all this. But what you may not be aware of. Is the growing number of san franciscans. Who are fed up with the situation. They want their sidewalks back. They have had enough. Enough, its definitive work. They also know one basic fact. Whatever is being done right now. Its not working. I dont know how we allow this to happen. I dont know how we allow open drug dealing. I dont know how we allow people suffering on our streets. I know what that work has been done. I know work continues. But what if its not working, and its not enough . I dont think that youre part of the part of the reason that San Francisco is being destroyed. I just think that too many of city city workers are letting it happen. Thank you for your comment. I just want to remind the public that were responding to director ms pattons report, and so if we could concise or comments to that reporter would be helpful. Okay are there any other members of the public in the room that was to make Public Comment . C nine will move on to remote comment and theres no there are no colors in the queue. Thank you. Just out of curiosity. How many people are online . So we dont know how many people are online. We just know how many colors are in the queue. Okay . Thank you. The commissioners skin. Provide comments. Right um, i know were going to get into the Budget Discussion and the next presentation, but i did have a couple questions about the shelter numbers that were presented. Um hmm. So um, im im guessing im not the only one. Thats a little bit confused by the different labels that we use when were putting numbers out about the number of shelter beds that are available, so there were three numbers that i wrote down that we have, um 3109 guests in shelter currently. That the capacity is 3065, so theres more guests than the capacity and then the occupancy is actually 2727. So it it was listed specifically in 89 occupancy rate. Just trying to understand just to make sure i really understood what whats the difference between what is a guest . What is considered capacity is that a unit capacity and then some of those units are doubled up and then occupancy. How what . How does that relate to the number of guests . Thank you. Thanks commissioner evans, and ill have um Deputy Director emily cohen. Come up and answer that. Thank you. Would it be possible to put that slide up . Well, discussion. Thank you. Thank you for the question. Commissioner evans. Emily cohen , Deputy Director for communications and legislative affairs, so i cant pull the dashboard. Its not loading on my screen. So once we get up this slide, we can look at this. But the reason that we have more people than slots or the family units, so we count each individual member of a family when we calculate the number of folks staying in the shelter, but we count that room. Um so thats where youll see some over. It looks like were serving more more people. Um and then the occupancy rate of 89 is based on how many either the unit or bed if its an individual shelter are filled. As you look at the dashboard, and its live on our website. You can change the. The population served and you can change the type of shelter so you can see where we have vacancies. So if you go to the adult shelter system, right . Thats very slow on my computer today, but it will show you that the occupancy rate is much higher within the adults shot shelter system and that the bulk of those vacancies are within transitional housing. Um so you can play with the dashboard on our website to get more into the into the details of that. I think that hopefully thank you. Yeah, no, i because ive seen a similar slide presented at other meetings. I noticed that that occupancy rate does appear to be on the decline. I think it was higher in january, december and january, and i assume that is because of, um you know, situations ive heard at the safe, safe sleep site that will be shutting down that no new admissions are happening. So its a cumulative effect right of situations where the beds are there were counting them, but theyre not actually being offered. That is true. Pretty consistently. This rate is between 88 and 92 it doesnt vary very much. Between that. I mean, yes, two days ago when i looked at was at 91 so it does change on the day to day basis. I see. Thank you question. On the occupancy. How power care not cash individuals counted. So if youre on care, not cash you your benefit your general. Im sorry that the gentleman left because your benefit is reduced if you are homeless and on general assistance, um, but my understanding is you have a dedicated shelter beds. So does that occupancy reflect the bad being used whether or not someone is actually using it. No no. Sorry if its if its a cat bed and it is not occupied. It is listed as vacant. On this side. And how do other individuals access those beds . If theyre not if an individual does not show up, so we do not currently have a process of dropping beds at the end of the evening to fill with one night stays that we did previous to covid. It is something were looking into changing to make available again. So at this point, if a cap or otherwise unoccupied bed is not claimed or nobodys placed in it by, say, 4 30. Thats how it used to work. That bed will remain vacant overnight. We are looking at a way to distribute those beds on a one night basis. Um you know if they are vacant at the end of the day, and um and the 311 system is that being can can i understand where that stands in terms of bringing that back or what is going to yes. So we are planning to launch a telephonic and web based shelter reservation system for adults by , um i was like, what month are we in july . 1st um, so launching at the new fiscal year, it will be a dedicated phone number specifically for this. It wont be 313 or one is not the number of folks will call so trying to stop referring to this is the 311 system, but its a phone based shelter reservation system. And therell be one number folks can call put themselves on the wait list. And then check online. Itll be on our website as well. So one of the benefits of the 311 system was that for the first time, it showed, um what demand was prior to that when people had to line up or just be lucky to get a 90 day bed . Um so it is different in that regard, and so will we have, will we be able to understand what demand is versus what supply is . Yes we will be keeping a waiting list so we will be able to reference that waiting list as an indicator of demand. Is really helpful. Thank you so much. Yeah and i was wondering, have you considered tracking on the dashboard . Whats vacant versus whats truly available just so we have a better understanding. Um of what is available. Can you tell me more about what it sounds like vacancy doesnt necessarily equal whats available for somebody to accept. Because of the cat beds. Mhm cabins are isolated within Emergency Shelter categories so across Navigation Centers. The Emergency Shelter. Care sorry. Let me just say this again. Emergency shelter care, not cash is its own line item, so Everything Else is that is vacant is available considered available, okay . Yeah i mean, obviously, i would love for us to see a much higher occupancy rate. Um, you know, i think that we all agree that we need to maximize our resources. You know, were talking about . Um you know, uh, a couple 100 spaces here, so thats a couple 100 people getting a better nights sleep being in a safer environment, accessing food shower services. Um so yeah. Something to keep working on something to keep working on. We agree, and thats why were really looking at, um you know, having people access those. Unaccepted beds in the evenings. We just havent gotten there yet, but thatll thatll make a difference. The other, um, question that i had you made reference to changes in the offer policy for filling the vacancies. Is that a change thats been made already or will be made. Think i heard you Say Something about your changing how offers are made. Yeah. Do you want to answer that question, too . So when you say how offers you may you still talking about shelter . No im im going back to, um housing now. Yeah, well, i mean, were continuing to work and denny, if you can pull up that slide um if you can find it. So um, we are continuing to refine how our offers are made to people. I mean there. I think there are a couple different things. One of the biggest thing is we have this new Housing Placement Team that really we didnt even have before. We were able to take staff that were really working on the shelter in place. Hotel. Um program and you know, helping to place people in permanent housing, and we have really kind of repurpose that team for this process, and thats why we think well have a really good, you know, way to get way to get the vacancy rate down in permanent, Supportive Housing, and theyve identified a number of things that people need that are different, and so one of the you know, one of the things is really thinking of is continuing to think about choice. And um, you know, making sure that people have choice and that theyre really going to be in a place where they can thrive. What can they will continue to refine that process as they hear from people here from tenants as we work with people with lived expertise, and as you know, as they see how this is working in rolling out, but um you know, its i personally have heard from from people experiencing homelessness who have said this isnt working for me. You know, i was told i had to sign this lease or else im going to be back on the street. You know . I mean, theyre theyre things like that that were really looking to troubleshoot so that we can be much more person centered. And you know, not be just like sorry. This is it or the street. Thats not what we want. So um, we continue to work on that. Yeah i mean, just having like spoken to people who are trying to make these choices and decisions right . Like um, when youre shown a unit in the in the tenderloin, you dont know if youre going to get another offer outside of the tenderloin, right . And so to give People Agency to say here are your three choices pick between these three. That could actually, you know, speed the process right . If people really understand what choice they have , exactly at the same time, um i also had the experience of like , seeing where youre not just making the decision about the location of the unit, but the quality of the unit and see, you know, like when youre presented a unit thats not move in ready that has holes in the wall cabinets that are falling apart. Like you say to yourself. Is this unit going to actually be moving ready when i accepted and so you know, i think i get there was some pressure to try to get providers to show units that werent moving. Ready just so that you know there was a speeding of the process, but i was just thinking through like, how do we ensure that people have agency and then also have a clear idea of like, if theyre going to accept this . Its you know the and its in the name. Its permanent. Its for its quote unquote forever, right right to make sure that the person feels like theyre making the best decision in their best interest. I just like as an example working with the senior , you know, this is she thinks of it as the place shes going to live until she dies, right . And so shes literally saying is this the best i can do . Agreed. I mean, when were talking a lot about that at our Leadership Team about how do we really think about again . How do we how do we get more person centered . Its part of our Strategic Plan. To really think about that. And as we i mean, you know, of course, were Still Limited in the resources that we have, but we have brought a lot more resources online, and we do have the ability to really think about choice, especially if people have have or older have, you know needs or have need to be in a specific neighborhood. We were trying to build that into our process, and i think we really part of that, too. Is really respecting the neighborhoods that people came from. And thinking about how we support them to be in the community that they belong in. They feel like they belong in and you know, with all the research on belonging and inclusion and all those things, i mean, we know these are really important things to be. Thinking about and so im not saying were there, but thats really were trying to shift to that to where were really working with our teams and our providers to think that way. Um and i just lost the point i was going to make. Um i mean, i agree with you, and i think that people we see better success. If people live where they feel like they can thrive. I was going to say i actually have met with a couple of hot team. Case managers and workers. And one of the things things that they said to me immediately was like, yeah, i got my client. You know, like i got my this person. Engaged in built a trusting relationship with them, and then i took them to see the unit and it was like hot mess. You know, and that shouldnt be happening. And so thats something that we need to work on with our providers. Just like you know, i know. Yeah its theres some urgency to getting people off the street for sure. But you know, just like none of us would go and look at the building room that somebody hadnt quite vacated yet. I mean, you see that . The showroom , right . I mean, so things like that need to be need to be addressed for sure i was going to say, even in regards to like giving People Agency for picking shelter beds, too. I think the previous reservation process allowed people to specify theyre willing to accept a lower bank banker and upper bank. I mean, i think the concern is that if you know theres a balance between trying to speed filling these vacancies and also ensuring that the person is matched the place that theyre going to succeed, and theyre going to accept right. And so its just thinking about how do we strike that balance and collect the information up front in the process about what the person is willing to accept . So that way we can match the resource very quickly when it becomes available. Commissioner want to give other commissioners opportunities as well. I agree with this, and ive had conversations with a lot of case managers who said, you know, they put people in places. Its not a good fit for you know whether its health reasons, etcetera, so i certainly agree with that. Hope we can work, you know to get this going to where its you know, books and getting a quality place. I just want to give commissioner other commissioners opportunities. Ah i had, um. To uh, hopefully, small requests. Um. One when we have a directors report it, um i can imagine, uh, its possible youre working on it till the last minute. But if we can get a copy emailed to us, um, whenever that report is complete, so that we can look at it concurrently with the meeting, because sometimes that the slides are going by really fast and its hard to catch up with all the numbers and you know its nice to be able to go back and look at it. I dont necessarily need a print out. Just uh, do i was liking everything he said okay. Yeah okay. Uh and, um, also, just as a, uh ah ah suggested path Going Forward when we display graphs and reports would be great to have somewhere on their source. And a link to the graph so that the public could follow along could go to, you know, because i just tried to go online to the hsh website to look at this housing placements graph. Ive spent the past 10 minutes. I have not been able to find it. Um ive ive theres you know, the i dont think its out there. Yeah so were gonna well, we generally put these reports on our website. Um and sometimes they go on right after the meeting, but i think you know, i think we can. I think i can just remind people in my report that that they can go to our website and see the full report because they they do get posted. Okay maybe just a link to where that report is so other people can fall along to just a request. Um and then a question on the emergency housing vouchers. Um so for one, i think its wonderful that weve been, uh, able to. I think you said, uh at one point were up to sorry. Go to the slide that listed i think vacancy rates and i think its the next slide. Nope. Yeah. Yes, yes, this one. Uh so, uh, i think you mentioned i didnt see it on the slide somewhere, but at one point where we had, like 1300 vacancies, i didnt write and catch what the exact number was. But it was about 50 higher. However in the last month it dropped from 8 25 to 11, which is 14 vacancies. Ah, reduction. Ah and im im just. Curious what drives . Obviously theres there must have been months in the past, where it was dropping by much larger numbers. Uh, last month that it wasnt such a ah, a large drop. What . What drives that variability. In vacancy reduction and what was going on last month that i think last month we didnt have lisa. Right emily . I mean so this month because were leasing up one of the Family Building city gardens. Um and the national, which had a fire. We will see that go down again. Well be able to house a lot of individuals. Um because the one building is a Family Building and the other building. Isnt but but well, so well see that a bigger number. Um, when we report back to you in july okay, really. Its a you know, because these are permanent units. We dont have a lot of turnover in you know, in general, its really about the New Buildings that we bring online where were going to see the big change in numbers. Okay under understood. I just i didnt know if it was like something that was sort of continuously happening, but i think it sounds clumpy based on buildings come on coming online or yeah, okay. Right . Im good. Have a couple questions. Thanks so much for this report. And this data . Um i was able to find the data online. Not that one report, but just the power of this data. Being online is very valuable. I am absolutely agree that putting a u r l or something at the bottom of these pages will be helpful for the community to be able to access them, and i think the filter system is really powerful in particular. Um and so i had, um , two questions. Uh one around the vacancies, and i think it gets to commissioner evidence comment in the future. I wonder , and i dont think you could do this now, but would there be a possibility of putting, um, as you think about the Quality Standard scale that youre putting out too . Sort of put those Quality Standards. Um along side of the data, so that you can you know if theres certain i dont you know, were going to have an, um in depth discussion about what the Quality Standards are. But lets just say theres three levels. Uh for example, then you could put how many vacancies there are in a certain level, um, by the degree of quality might be an interesting thing to think about, um the other when it comes to evictions. Uh and maybe this is available in other formats. It would be very interesting to see what the disaggregated data is on evictions based on, um race, ethnicity, other social economic demographics to see if there are areas for the city to think about our explicit and implicit bias when it does come to evictions, whole call scale and again. I dont know if were collecting that data. If were not, it would be a long term project. Thats something that we might want to think about. And i know that when we think about disaggregated data and other fields, uh, its very helpful to be able to target that. Um yeah, absolutely. We dont have that data at this time. Its not something we get from our providers. But i agree that any time we can get in disaggregate data, it gives us really good information. And we need to be doing that in every place that we can. Thank you. And then i have i do have is that okay . One other question, commissioner. You look at the data sets. This one on the screen is a good example. Who is the audience for this and being specific. Oh is there a data set that the audience is a Community Based organization . Maybe a d. V site that is looking for a placement. Can they get down to that level of saying, okay, there is a shelter available at this, uh, at this address. You want me to shelter vacancies . I think shelter vacancies are probably the ones that are most relevant. But it could be anything sort of how how user friendly as this database going to be for the providers who are working in Case Management, um, trying to get services for families or user or other individuals. Thank you, commissioner. Thats a great question. No the audience for this type of data is sort of the general public and then our Program Managers to have in conversation with our providers about performance and noticing any trends or challenges because we have centralized placement processes. You cant look up and say, oh, next door has like six beds available. Ill go over to next door, you would call the shelter reservation line and, you know, request a placement in in shelter that way, or if youre a family or a youth, you would go to our access point. To request placement into one of those vacancies, and so because that process is centralized, we dont publicly make available a list of each shelter and whats available that day. Yeah, thats what i was talking about. In terms of people requesting, uh and commissioner evans, the new to the new reservation system will allow people to indicate like which shelters theyre not willing to is similar to the previous iteration, which shelters are not willing to go to and if they have reasons like they cant access an upper bunk or Something Like that, they can make that. Information known to the system. Yeah. Uh and then, uh, im sorry. The only reason i was jumping in was i wanted to follow up on what you were saying about evictions. And by the way, those are all great comments, but ah, i thought chris and his Public Comment brought up a great point, which is, uh, how much visibility do we have, um, into ah, you know, soft evictions if you will, and im wondering if theres a possibility for, uh, and an exit interview when somebody leave shelter where we can somehow capture um, well, you know, because certainly ive seen even when i lived in an s. R o there were people that were evicted and they went through the formal process. And then there were people that were evicted because you know, for a variety of different reasons. Psh. Yeah, go ahead. And he would you mind pulling up that that slide on evictions, so unfortunately, we dont have great transparency into. What is happening for every tenant within permanent Supportive Housing, but for you can see here theres the eviction rate and then the filing of the unlawful detainer and the actual eviction and so we know, and this is published in our annual eviction report, which we can share with all of you as well. So obviously we know that landlords will issue the unlawful detainer notice before an eviction goes through , so that is what we have the ability to track a sort of the more formal we know that people might move might request to transfer my self exit, um, to avoid a situation just as a as stated by Public Commenters, and we dont have a great way to track that. So we do try to get that information. Within our database when we ask, like, where did you go next . And trying to track that stability rate. Um but it is imperfect, and that is part of the guidance that weve made to Housing Providers is to try to use the formal process to give written notification and to track those things. So if somebody misses rent you issued a letter. You begin that conversation with them. We want to start tracking that a little bit more formally so that we can look upstream about what happens before the unlawful detainers filed. So let me ask a follow up question when somebody comes into the system, um again, right . So they were previously and one p permanent, supportive home. Ah facility and then maybe there was a gap and then they return to another permit. Supportive home facility. Think if i understood you, right . Were capturing a little bit of something when they return. Right um, what . What did you say . Were capturing, uh, well, what we would capture is that they were reassessed at one of our Access Points that they basically rose their hand again and said they wanted to get into the process of going back and thats or they enrolled in a shelter right and thats what we how we would know that they touched homelessness again. So when we do that assessment is that like a formal set of questions that can potentially be edited or added to its there may be a possibility to put in question. Ah what happened with your last . Um and i mean, honestly, just even catching qualitative data at this point might be useful. But what happened at your last residence and then just let them in their own words . Ah say, because now we have this opportunity to technology. We can actually turn qualitative data into quantitative data and at a you know, theres like some really cool things happening there. Ah so im just wondering how easy or hard that would be. Is that a practical thing at all . Or or no . You know, we do ask questions about previous living situation. I dont know that we have an open narrative or something would probably be able to answer that better than me. But the process for changing or coordinated entry assessment does re involved community and put and then going through the local homeless coordinating board, which oversees that process, but were in the we are in the middle of reforming our coordinated entry system altogether. So now is the time to collect that kind of input. Thats just a simple question. Why did you leave . Um would maybe be really good at that. I suspect at capturing that and i suspect we answer. We asked something similar already, but id want to confirm that okay . Great. No, i im plus one in everyones coming. We can move forward. Um i do want to just highlight, um, commissioner alberts. Coming around, disagreed and data by race, ethnicity. Its very important to me. Im sure to all the commissioners, um and also wanted to just mentioned, uh, bring up one of the Public Commenters. Um coming around, um, are meeting times. I think we should really consider making sure that the voices of the of those who have lived experiences are in the room. Sure so i really want us to have some reflection on what that would look like. And obviously maintain s f g t v, which is also important, but i, but most important is the voices. Yes absolutely right and i, but i think that the difficulty in finding a time was really around getting onto the sf hgtv calendar. But if maybe. So we should maybe just take another look at it and see what we can do. And then i just wanted i appreciated the discussion of the d e i training of hsh staff and managers and i wondered could we have that . Possibly is that something that the Racial Equity training yeah. Yeah. So yes, we could we actually weve been talking about that. And it we would definitely want to offer that training. Its really great. And i think it helps ground us all in the work that were doing and you know, and how we need to think about framing the work and the planning around it. So i yeah, that would be wonderful. And just to add to that directors, you know, but ill just say for the benefit of the public, um at least i cant speak for my fellow commissioners. But i believe some of us as well are interested in being trained on the one system as as well, just so we can understand what that process looks like at at the ground level up time and schedules and staff permitting. I know theres limited resources, but i think having an understanding, edit at a granular level of whats happening would be very helpful. The genitals. Alright were onto the next agenda item and, um, so as i mentioned at the beginning of the meeting the and i think Everybody Knows the mayor presented her budget yesterday to the public and to the board of supervisors, and, um, so that process has wrapped and its a process that goes on for us for many, many months, so g. Whitley, who is our Deputy Director of finance and administration is here to talk about the mayors budget as a relates to the department of homelessness and Supportive Housing. Just wanted to do a little check. The commissioners need a, uh like a three minutes to five minute break, or are we good to proceed . I know were going to be looking at numbers so yeah. Are we good or for good . Okay go ahead, gigi. Good morning. Im g g whitley and you , she her pronouns. And im the Deputy Director for admin and finance. And im pleased to be with you today, um, and share whats in the mayors proposed budget, um for the department of homelessness and Supportive Housing, and im joined by my colleague, our budget manager, Christine Roland and want to thank Christine Lisa augustyn, our finance director. Gabe karma. Um, our new budget analysts for helping to put together this budget and budget presentation and really the whole hsh staff that can attributed to the budget priorities. This um, coming two fiscal years. So a little bit of the budget overview. Ill be going through the budget process. Timeline high level departmental summary. Um um about Funding Sources and spending and then go into highlights. Excited. So budget timeline today is officially the deadline for the mayor to release her proposed budget, which was actually announced yesterday. Um the board of supervisors budget and Appropriations Committee will Start Holding departmental hearings and our departments hearings are on june 15th and 22nd. Um on june 20 6 will be Public Comment, um, for the entire city budget for the two year budget, and then the final Committee Hearing is anticipated on june 20 8 after that. The budget, as you may know, goes to the full board of supervisors for deliberation and adoption and then is sent to the mayor for signature in august. So an overview of the funding changes in the two year budget for our department, as i shared with you at the last presentation are adopted. Budget is 672 million. Um overall budget is growing on a one time basis by about 18 million, or almost 3 to 690 million. Our revenues are staying flat, but there is a mix of revenues decreasing, such as our city, our home revenues, but that being offset by other revenue increases on a one time basis coming from the state. And then youll see an 18. 5 million. 01 time increase in our general fund support, and that really speaks to, um a couple of things going on, so just to level said, you know the mayors budget instructions asked for a 5 reduction next year and growing to an 8 reduction. For hsh, that would have been over 30 million in cuts, and im very pleased to say that there are no service cuts. There are no service or staffing reductions in the mirrors proposed budget. But what is happening is the Mayors Office has looked very closely at our spending rate and programs that have not yet gotten off the ground and re appropriating some of that general funds support in this budget. The so that 18 million increase about 10 million of that is funds that were previously appropriated in our budget that are being re appropriated to other projects. And then the balance is really, um, feeling the impact of the 4 cost of doing business increase for nonprofit providers that was added last year, but not added yet to our budget. As well as the cost of roughly 50 new positions that were added at partial funding to our budget. In the second year of the budget , youll see the budget dips down a bit, um, actually lower than the current year to 661 million. And youll see. Most of that change is coming from revenue. And that really reflects, um, a one time revenue source. Uh states, Homeless Housing assistance and Prevention Funds that are not in the second year of the budget. So next slide. Just a brief overview of how what the Funding Sources are that support next years 290 million budget. 44 of our funds come from the citys general fund, but the balance of the funds come from other sources. 32 from our city , our home, the homelessness, grocery seats, tax revenue. 9 from federal funds 7 in state funds and 9 and other local restricted funds. Next slide shows the two year budget by what we call service area and so you know, consistent with past years, and as we talked about a bit at the last hearing, um excuse me. Commission meeting most of our budget over 50 goes to housing. Much of that is to continue to support subsidies and services for um, households weve already housed, but there is new housing in both years of the budget 25 of the budget next year is shelter 8 homeless prevention 4 coordinated entry 2 outreach and 2 administrative costs as well as 7 hsh personnel cost. Um in the second year of the budget, youll see theres a proportional decrease in shelter and an increase in housing. Thats really a reflection of that one time state money, which weve been using, um to, um, provide additional Shelter Services over the, um you know, last few years, weve gotten that Funding Source from the state. Next slide. So a little bit about the highlights in the budget, the five Year Strategic Plan goals how the budget supports those investments. Um, how the budget really attempts to center equity, um in our service, delivery models and Higher Quality services. And a little bit about investments in youth and families. So as a reminder from our five year strategic goals that were released, um the you know, one of our goals is to result over the next five years and a 50 reduction and unsheltered homelessness and an overall reduction and homelessness by 15. Um, the plan really makes trades to make measurable reductions and racial inequities and disparities and just parities, both for those experiencing homelessness and making sure our Prevention Strategies are aligned with our Racial Equity goals, increasing exits from homelessness. Supporting um, housing success and making sure um, households that we place within housing stabilizing are successful. Theres the discussion has been reflecting earlier this morning and then trying to move a bit upstream and prevent, um households from entering the emergency crisis system. The Strategic Investments over the five year period in the plan call for an expansion and inventory um, 43 additional slots for prevention or, you know, emergency rental assistance. Um more than 1,000,075 new shelter beds and 30 to 50 new housing units. Thats both a combination of permanent housing what we call rapid re housing and then shallow subsidies. And so on the next slide, um, the mayors proposed budget over the next two years, um, really tries to, um, invest in those first two years to reach those five year goals and so 545 new slots are funded in the and in the mayors proposed budget. Beyond the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development pipeline, so we have a pipeline of housing that Affordable Housing has set asides for permanent Supportive Housing. But this goes beyond that for initial, um, programs that hsh will fund directly and that includes 120 new, shallow subsidy slots. And brand new program. Um 60 slats of adult shallow subsidies funded through our city, our homes funds and then you know, hearing the feedback from the our city, our Home Committee and stakeholder voices. Weve also included an additional 60 slots for family shallow subsidies. The plan. Excuse me. The proposed budget also has a two year ramp up of an additional 350. Interventions for rapid re housing. And so theres one time funds totalling 14 million over the two year period for rapid re housing as well as in the second year of the budget, a new permanent, Supportive Housing building of at least 75 units for chronically homeless adults. In addition to these of us investments, the budget does continue to fund the most cd, um , Affordable Housing pipeline that has this set aside units for permanent Supportive Housing. There are 258 new units that are newly constructed that will be opened over the two year period and funded through hs h. To serve formerly homeless adults, veterans, families and youth. Next light. So in addition to expansion, you know the Strategic Plan really speaks to balancing that with quality and, um, really providing a client centered experience. And so as you heard in the directors update, there is 5 million rolling out for building improvements, along with 10 million an elevator repairs. This budget adds to that for a total two Year Investment of 25. 5 million to upgrade and provide 88 improvements to our legacy permanent, Supportive Housing stock. Many of those buildings are, you know, located in the tenderloin and over 100 years old and, um are in need of the these one time repairs and upgrades. Um there is additional funding for Money Management for psh tenants. This would be an expansion of the rep pay a program for 25 of our psh portfolio. The budget also includes, um, a new model. Um a transitional age youth Bridge Housing site funds to acquire that site as well as operated starting in next year of the budget. Um we have a very Strong Partnership with the department of Public Health as long as well as a partnership with the managed health plans and San Francisco that was started. Really um through the states whole person care which really tries to, um, you know, recognize that housing is health care. And so there is one time state funds provided through those health plans to pilot whats called the oakdale model. Its a model to provide enhanced Behavioral Health and Skilled Nursing services at an existing psh site. The idea that you know, um, very acute, um, clients could be placed in that , um if they need Skilled Nursing, but also stay in place. Till less intensive psh Like Services or excited about that one time funding and then finally, um, our our budget a few years ago acquired the Grenada Hotel at 1000 setter street. Were continuing to invest in complete the capital repairs there. As well as replaced all of the galvanized water piping in the building. And so theres 25 million in one time Carry Forward funds. That means its not appropriated in the budget, but we want to be really transparent, how were spending and spent money. And so that project is also being funded through this budget. Ah that project has been approved by the city wide Long Committee and will be going eventually to the board of supervisors for final approval. A little bit about shelter expansion towards the strategic goals. Um the proposed budget increases our shelter capacity over the next two years to reach about 3656 beds. Thats roughly 594 beds compared to where we are today. And theres funding in the budget for those new projects that would include operations for a new 60 cabin site in the mission district. Um construction is being managed by the department of public works and is starting soon and that is a lease site. Um that were releasing from the Mayors Office of housing for no cost. Um we are also in active negotiations with a landlord and district 10 for a site thats about a mile away from pier 95 that would continue to provide needed shelter. Um cabins and vehicles. Um in district 10. And so there is money in the budget to both least that site build out the capital repairs needed, um, and then begin to operate that site in fiscal year. 24 25. There are also additional Hotel Vouchers for families in the budget. And this was a priority of the r city, our homes Oversight Committee. That we have included that the mayor has included in her proposal. Um and there are funds that have been freed up in the budget process to expand capacity, getting closer to the capacity we had at our Largest Adult shelters prior to covid. Um and so funds in the budget to build out that additional capacity as well as 63 beds funded in partnership with the department of Public Health through a one time state Bridge Housing grant , um, that grant will be spent over four years and allow us to pop up 63 additional beds. Um, i wanted to note on the next slide that the budget also had many one time sources this year that were supporting beds that were open and covid. So if the mayor took no action or if the board took no action on our budget, there would be beds closing. Were not seeing that happen in this years budget. Were both expanding. But were maintaining , you know more than 400 existing shelter beds in the following ways we continue to operate a site at candlestick. We call it our vehicle triage center. Um because of permitting challenges. We have not been able to fully operate that site at full capacity. But there is resources in this budget, um, and expectation that we will be able to get to 81 vehicles there. The budget also maintains the 70 cabins program at 33 golf through the two year budget. We were able to leverage some state funds, but, um, this budget continues to fund the balance of that to keep that site open. But really, the big news is being able to keep open. Um. For hotels that were previously shelter in place hotels, so three hotels are providing 288 beds. Those are still leased from private hotel owners. And so theres one time money in the budget to continue those three sites. We also purchased ellis street, which was prior to that a shelter in place hotel for permanent Supportive Housing. That site will need pretty significant rehab to operate, you know, as a quality, um renovated, permanent, Supportive Housing site, so as we go through that process, um and try to live leverage additional state money to do that rehab work. Weve been operating it as an Emergency Shelter with 114 beds. And the state grant funds will allow us to continue operations there as well as continued to operate two new non congregate shelters we opened last year at 7 11 post, which is a semi congregate shelter, former hostel and the baldwin hotel. There are also, um, investments in the two year budget to enhance shelter, quality and services. I mentioned previously this Bridge Housing grant from the state. Not only will we be able to expand beds, but theres a very Strong Partnership with the department of Public Health their side of the budget. Add six fte s to create a mobile Behavioral Health team. Um to provide additional Behavioral Health services in our shelter system for higher acuity clients. Um the budget also has a vehicular assistance Pilot Program 150,000 a year or two years. Um this has been a new pilot with the office of Financial Empowerment that wed like to continue. And its being scoped out but could include everything from helping someone get their vehicle repaired to help get the vehicle off the street and then, um, into an exit from homelessness. Or um, you know, maybe buy back their vehicle. Um so, uh, more Program Designed to be done there. But but but thats a brief description of that program. Other shelter expansions in the budget that dont net new bed capacity but really are about an expansion of ours. So we have opened buena vista, horace mann , um, probably three or four years ago. Which is that, um, um , Mission Neighborhood schools say, um that shelter closes when School Closes it doesnt operate during the summer doesnt operate on school holidays. This would allow. Um that shelter remain open, even though the school is closed and also operate, you know, uh, at a you know, 24 7 if school wasnt in place, so i think thats a, uh, you know, for marginal cost of very important expansion, as well as expanding hospitality house adult shelter to 24 7. There also was going to the next slide. Um expansions in the budget that, um, speak to homelessness. Prevention um, those upstream goals in our Strategic Plan. There are 825 new slots funded over the two year period. 750 of those would be that the rap program that an Emergency Rental Assistance Program the director spoke about in her presentation. Um and thats an additional funding of 8. 1 year. Um were really excited about that expansion. In addition, based on community feedback, um we are, um um it interested in providing additional staffing at our Mission Access point for latin a youth along with subsidies to provide an additional 75 problem solving slots, so those to make up the additional investments beyond our current prevention funding in our budget. Um, this next slide just gives you a, um very rough cut and i mentioned at our last meeting. Um, theres more to be refined here, but um most of our resources are dedicated to adults or a variety of populations that arent easily broken out in our budget , but on a budgetary basis about 7 of our investments are going to, um, dedicated Youth Programs 10 to families that shifts slightly and in the second year of the budget to 9 for youth, 9 for families and 80 for adults or in mixed units or or mixed programs. I wanted to highlight some of the new investments for youth and families in the budget, um for transitional age youth. Theres 10. 3 million for the continuation of operations and Supportive Services at 77 new units that were acquired, um, since the home key program in our city, our homes funding started to flow. Theres also at least three New Buildings in the proposed budget. Um so 504 million and operating funds for those three new sites. One is the 42 unit building at 11 74. Folsom we are as you know, applying for a state home key grant. We have funds set aside to acquire that property and provide the matching funds. Should we get that honky grant and this would be the funds to operate that there . We are also working on acquisition of a second building to be announced , and theres funding in the budget. Um, should we be able to acquire that building to Begin Operating it . And then the new table ridge model say that i mentioned previously um 1. 8 million that i explained for latin, a youth at the access point and problem solving slots. Um something that hasnt been talked about much in our budget is our state h. Hap grant and the h have grants have set aside at least 7. Um that can only be spent on Youth Services and so in this years budget 6 million of that will go to support operations yet to be determined where of a 24 7 drop in center forte. The budget also continues to support additional emergency housing vouchers for youth. On the family side. Um were continuing to ramp up and operate the New Buildings such as city gardens. And theres 6. 4 million for those recently acquired buildings and operations. 3 million as i mentioned for new family, shallow subsidies for housing, um the budget really anticipates as well. The department making a long term commitment to continue operations of a family shelter at the oasis hotel. Um the expansion of ours at buena vista, horace mann and then continued support for emergency housing vouchers for families. I wanted to mention on the next slide and explain a little bit about trailing legislation that is an accompanying the mayors proposed budget. So the mayors budget. Um includes a our city, our home to your spending plan, but also includes trailing legislation that on a one time basis would reallocate unspent or unprogrammed our city our home revenue. To address the most urgent and unmet needs, including all of those initiatives that meet the strategic goals i mentioned in next years budget. The fund. The legislation would enable the board of supervisors by a two thirds majority to reallocate, um, 20. 6 million of our city. Our home revenue, um from youth and Family Housing program, youth and Family Housing revenue , um, that is not programmed to serve general housing. Prevention for all populations, including that latin, a access point for youth and Shelter Services. Um it would also suspend the 12 cap on short term rental subsidies that are part of the our city. Our home, statutory, um, requirements. In your two of the budget, the revenue allocations for our city , our home comport to the statutory obligations with 50 going to housing 10 capped at shelter and 15 capped at, um. Prevention and within the housing bucket, they adhered to the statutory requirements. However um, we have gotten an unprecedented windfall of state funds for family and youth that was not anticipated when the funds were, um, you know when the oko legislation went on the ballot or when the funds were programmed over 98 million dedicated for those new housing sites i mentioned and so that has freed up about 39. 4 million in prior year unspent balances and tae and Family Housing that have not been programmed that we can program on a one time basis to achieve those 850 prevention slots. Um have us continue to make progress on shelter bed expansion. And provide additional slots of housing. Um that can serve all populations permanent, Supportive Housing as well as rapid re housing. Um the next slide just kind of reiterates a lot of what i said , except that all of the currently approved cocoa programs are continuing on pace and funded in full. The mayors proposal also supports all the new investments recommended by the our city, our homes Oversight Committee. Um it helps us fund on a one time basis to achieve 55 of the citys five years shelter goals laid out in the Strategic Plan, and i think critically continues to provide prevention resources at a time where we really trying to make sure families, youth and adults dont fall into homelessness. Um overall, the proportions still closely aligned to the intent of the voters and the oko allocations but are providing some and, um, one time flexibility in a very challenging budget environment. Um i have talked to some of my colleagues at other departments. And i can say almost unequivocally that our department being able to not only not receive cuts, but continue to expand toward our strategic goals is really extraordinary. In this budget context. Um and this is part of the way that has enabled us to make that progress. My final comments are just on staffing. Uh, so ill go over the staffing changes in our budget. How were feeling critical gaps and what the budget does to balance, you know, salary savings from vacant positions, while um we continue to make progress towards our staffing goals. So the next slide is an overall view of changes in full time equivalent , and that doesnt necessarily account to head count, but its a good proxy for headcount. There are 228 full time equivalents now funded in our budget. Um there is a 26 ft e increase in the budget. But most of that 19 fte of that. Are really positions that were added in our budget last year at partial funding, but youre feeling the full impact of those costs. In this years budget. There is a net increase of seven positions. Um and this is going to get a little technical but wanted to clarify that, although we have new position authority, these are partially funded positions the department is being asked to absorb most of these costs and the first year of the budget and recognition of our vacancy rate. In the second year of the budget. Those new budgets begin those new positions 7. 59 ft e sort of we annualized the cost of that, and thats where you see the additional 8. 5 positions in, um in the two year budget. Next slide. You know, i spoke a little bit about this set our last Commission Hearing that the lack of Staffing Resources as our budget has tripled and expectations and pressures on the department has grown has led to a high volume of staff turnover. This budget continues to try to right size shs staffing level. Um we have a considerable expansion in our budget, and we need our staff to be able to ensure that were using dollars and resources effectively and were holding ourselves accountable as well as our partners. Um exits interviews weve been doing over the last few years continue to cite and sustainable workloads as the primary reason for folks leaving hsh. And we continue to wrestle with a 2023 25 turnover rate every year. So based on that the proposed budget does provide new position authority, but the general cost impact of that is really limited to 600,000, which will cover about four f t and why four ft e. These are temporary staff positions that we are making permanent in our budget. And positions that have already been filled. Um that is our payroll and onboarding personnel clerk, and those are positions like our temporary guest placement team, which was a team that was created during covid to help better maximize our shelter. Use capacity that we are making permanent in the budget. All other positions are either funded through non general fund sources or again the department is being required to absorb through what we call attrition savings, the cost of those new positions. I think this is still a win for the department, as it allows us to continue to make progress on our vacancies by filling critical gaps. Um but recognizing that we are in a severe budget deficit citywide. Theres a lot of pressure on departments to reduce costs and vacancies. And so we want to be really responsible with those dollars and overall, our staffing budget is about 7 of our budget, which is relatively low. 6 is the folks that, you know, manage the contracts and do the accounting and managed the programs but 1 of our staff to direct service work, whether at our very important psh hotels where we provide the services are clinical outreach team, our transportation team. And with that, thank you for your patients. Thank you to the community patiently waiting. Im happy to answer questions before or after you take Public Comment. Thank you. Thank you so much. Well go to Public Comment. At this time. The floor is now open to Public Comment. Are there any public members in the room that like to make Public Comment . On the budget. The proposed budget, the mayors proposed budget. Commissioners my name is marnie reagan. I use she, her pronouns and with larkin street Youth Services and also the co chair of hezbollah and chair of the taste subcommittee of hezbollah. Um on behalf of larkin street and has been we, um, strongly opposed the mayors, uh, plan to defund and divest Property Funds from tae and families. Um its a really short sighted plan. We are strongly concerned about taking funds away from investments and interventions that we know work if you look at the pit count ever since, um 2013 youth, homelessness has steadily decreased because on behalf of the t system of care, we know it works. We know that investing in our interventions, which is, um uh, a variety of interventions. In addition to just shelter beds, it works the numbers show that it works. Um taking your foot off the gas now and wait, um, investing way too heavily in adult shelter beds, um, takes into no account the flow in and out of homelessness. Um it sets off a Chain Reaction that i know in two years after the 24 election, we are all going to um, regret. Uh in this in this city, were going to regret this very short term. Um, proposal. We are begging the commission to please tell the supervisors to vote this town. Um i have to say the , um, props. See the allocation plan, um, takes into account home key funds. It is not a replacement. It shouldnt be, um supplanting. Its in addition to and the voters voted for this allocation plan, so the mayor is throwing the voters choice out the window, she said yesterday. Very clearly she doesnt care. She has no respect for the system of care. Those of us who care for youth on the streets and families. Um i will say, uh, 50 of Homeless Children, um or held back, um they are five times more likely than their peers to become homeless. We are looking at the future homeless. Um population on the street. And if the only thing that mayor cares about is building up shelter beds, she has no vision for the future. So we are begging you to ask the supervisors to oppose this. Its very short term thinking, and its simply flies in the face of what the voters wanted in this city. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your comment. I jennifer frieden bach coalition on homelessness, also chief architect of prophecy or city, our home and also on the property Oversight Committee. Um, when we design props, see, we did it comprehensively, with input from hundreds of folks looked at a lot of deep dives and data and were really careful about how it was constructed. And one of the things that was most important to us was making sure that families and youth were accounted for in the housing and that we felt very firmly that we had to force. We had the force the city to serve these populations. We have been fighting for decades to try to get services that were in parody. With single adults in our homeless system, and we werent getting anywhere. 14 of our health. I mean, you saw the data how small it is. Let me just put this in context. Last year, one provider Compass Family Services had 6000 family members seeking shelter just in one year alone. The reason we wanted to set it aside. Is because we knew in the data shows it that the adverse effect on children of homelessness is permanent. In fact, if you have a family homeless for more than six months, those kids do not recover from that. They do not. And so, having done this for a long time, and im seeing people and kids that ive watched grow up. And what happens when theyre adults . You know, its. This was this is a very, um. This never came to the Oversight Committee. There was never any discussion. There was months and months of input on what was happening with the shelters. We knew the sip hotels were closing down. And now all of a sudden this pity of families against adults is happening. That is so outrageous by a mayor, who, by the way, did not support prop c and is now wanting to gut it when they very could have easily found general funds to 14 billion budget. To keep those sip hotels open without taking it away from children. So i was going to Start Talking about some of the kids, but, you know elias, one of the kids i watched grow up. He didnt make it to 19. Right. He shot himself. He was homeless for years. Other kids ive seen, you know another one of my one of our peoples mall. Um had a kid. I watched her grow up. She became a teen mom in his homeless ended up in a waste of shelter. You know, these are both African American kids that we did wrong by. We did really wrong by and so, um. There are solutions. We should be doing all of this and we could have possible but we need to push back on this plan. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Are there any other members . The public in the room that wish to make Public Comment. Scene nine will move on to remote Public Comment. And we have a color in the queue. Go ahead caller. Hello this is sarah short time with home fries or Supportive Housing provider. Im also calling to express. Uh great concern about this proposal to reallocate funding from prop c, um for a number of reasons. I think the primary reason is, uh, i just havent heard any convincing arguments. Ive heard a number of explanations. Uh, that. Rationalize the need to do this. Um and yet, we know, and weve heard the prior speakers. Um address this that that there is a pressing and urgent need for families and used to, uh, get housing. Um and, um, the. You know, explanations about home. Keep filling in this amount at you know, again, as as marni had said, um this budget was the oco budget was put together with that in mind already, uh, so it is not correct that, um, that frees up this money in a new way. Also i just dont understand if the money is spent on programmed i think we need to know why that is because again, we know the need is there. So um , if the money is spent your program that i dont think that means we take it and spend it somewhere else. Uh these youth are still on streets. These families are still in the shelters. Um they need this funding. Um the other thing that i really dont like. Its just the precedent it that, um we should not be tampering with the categories in cocoa. For a number of reasons, because that is what the voters voted for. For one thing, which is pretty important. Um but also, um, these were put their these brackets were put there for a reason, and they were put there as um, guardrails for so that raids on the money wouldnt happen so that diversions of the fund wouldnt happen because these categories were made based on data and real needs. About where the spending uh, should occur and not just arbitrary. Uh you know, uh, reasons for this, and so, um, once we start moving money around from one fund to another, um i think that, um were saying, you know that we dont regard uh, those boundaries. Um, and that we dont regard the process. That led to that, uh, speaking of process, i think its really, really seconds, calling. Okay really disrespectful to the our cities. Our homes board the Oversight Board that this was never presented to them that they were not given an opportunity input at all. Um i find that to be, uh, extremely disturbing. And once again, i just want to point out the disrespect to the voters as well, um, who voted for these allocations as they are based on the evidence and need . Um finally, i just want to again reiterate. There are young people on the streets today. Uh their lives could be turned around if they got stable housing at this point. Um there are families living in their cars living in shelters living on the streets. Um, they they could, uh. Greatly benefit in terms of especially their children. Having a quality of life moving forward that can happen if we devote the right resources. Thank you, caller. Theres another color in the queue. Go ahead, caller. We hear you. Okay, thats unintended line so that that concludes remote Public Comment. Thank you. Thank you for that fine presentation and now open up two commissioners, but i probably want to do a little level setting here and do this strategically, so i know that this is a hot topic about cropsey. And so, um, if theres any other questions other than that, lets discuss at this time and then we can go into that discussion is that fair . Certainly thank you went first last time, so im happy to go last this time. For this is for non property. Non prophecy. I have one question. Around non props. See, um. If i look at the pie chart on page. Six thank you so much for the report. Thank you so much for the work to get us to this place. And thank you so much for clarifying something that i have had a question about. You could pick any pie chart for many years. I just you just happen to have the 23 24 and 24 25 part charts available. Ah two questions about it. One is of this if you were just to split it up on two different percentages. One how much money is going to nonprofits, Community Based organizations versus how much money is going to city and county employees . Staff . Um. Related purposes is that roughly the nine adding Admin Department personnel is that whats going to city and county and then the remainder is going to cbos or is it some other percentage . Uh g whitley again . Um good question. So the only the staffing that shown here is not split between you know youre not seeing outreach , staffing and outreach. All of the staffing is that 7 even what we call administrative costs, which might be work orders that maybe a lot of that is things like um, wiring at our shelters or facilities costs that are shelters but about, um. I think its i have it somewhere in my notes, but its on the order of magnitude of um. 90 but let me get you the exact percentage that is going to Community Based um but in that order of magnitude as as a department, most of what we do, we do limited direct services and staff, but most of what we do is fund our Community Based partners who deliver these services in a variety of models with their cultural competency and expertise, and were the thunder. So thats what i can get you the exact percentage. Its for about 90 for me, the 90 10 is orders of magnitude. Um when i was looking for, so thank you very much. You dont for me, you need to answer any further on that. And then, um, when i see the difference between 23 24 and 24 25 and then some other prior charge that you gave us i think housing was up at 62. Now its a 52. And then it goes to 60 are the differences changing . There were, um, putting more funding. The proposal is to put more funding into shuttle shelter, crisis intervention and coordinated entry in 23 24. Thats sort of where im seeing the deltas. So i you know, this is one way to slice and dice the budget, but it doesnt tell a wonderful linear story. You know, there are funds appropriated in this years budget, this coming years budget that are of a one time nature general fund money repurposed from a project were not moving forward with to keep those hotels open and that one time state grant, which is mostly funding that 24 7 youth access point and some of the non congregate shelter. That is not a continuing grant that grant drops out in the second years of the budget, and then the proportions go back 60 20, you know, theres sort of that kind of churning with other local funds. Um, i talked a little bit about, um, the cowl aim the medical waiver funds. You know that kind of churning sort of tweaks these percentages on the margin. Thank you very much. I appreciate that. You sure . Do you want to go . No, i my thing is got it. Um. Dumb newbie question. What is shallow subsidy . Great question. G whitley again. So um, this is a new program. Im gonna defer to our programs. Deputy if i if i if i go to a stray, but, um, you know, unlike permanent, Supportive Housing, where we provide comprehensive wraparound services, we kept rent at 30. What we found through our Strategic Planning work, i believe is that you know, folks need a variety of models, especially families to resolve their homelessness. And some of it isnt that intense service delivery. Its really, um, a more marginal support of rental subsidy that allows them to stabilize and a market rate units or below market rate unit Emergency Rental Assistance Program be considered a shallow subsidy or a deep subsidy or we will still refer to the emergency housing vouchers as a permanent Supportive Housing subsidy. It does provide a deeper subsidy, but it does provide this roving Case Management. Um the ideas that this you know, our housing really needs to be on a more of a continuum and so again. Program designed for adults tbd , the existing family Shallow Subsidy Program has been operated through the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development, and we have some conversation with them if were going to take some of these dollars on or send them over to that program, but thats thats the idea that not Everyone Needs a very deep subsidy with intense Case Management on site. That there are Different Levels of need to meet clients where they are where they where they where they need services. Cool. Got it. Um and i dont. I dont know. I presume all these questions for you, but like if im wrong then um, i guess just let me know. On page 12 or slide. 12 increases hsh shelter system. Um by around 594 beds compared to current capacity. Um i felt like in the directors plan i saw 1055 or in the directors report. And so im just trying to understand what those two numbers when one of my confused about. Um i believe there were three thousands. Um 3050 sun beds in the directors report. Um getting to this level i was doing the math math at the same time. This would get us to about 590 here. It says 594. Im sorry. Unless emily i dont. Im not sure what the 1000 was. But yeah. I think in the directors report, she was referencing the Strategic Plan goal over the next five years of opening 1075 new shelter beds. So this investment in 594 new beds will get us 55 of the way towards five year goal. Got it, um, great. And then, uh, could, uh, michael, just a little bit more into the vehicle er assistance Pilot Program. Just give me a little more flavor on what the thinking is there. Actually, you know what . Before you get up, because, uh, Deputy Director whitley is already up. Ive just go back to, um uh, you know, you were talking about recurring versus one time costs. Um uh, commissioner albrights, uh, excellent questions about understanding the scope and understand, like sometimes telling narratives, um around numbers suspect especially as a percentage. You know, as as again as a newbie coming into this and trying to get some sense of context around, okay, what is changing . What is new . Um what is new, but its going to disappear so we cant really count on it. Um, what in terms of like our actual Strategic Plan is changing, uh, two thoughts occurred to me. One is generally when we talk about numbers. I, for one would appreciate some sense of context. Um what percentage . Uh for instance. You know, sometimes well just throw out a number 10. 6. If somewhere if we could find the time to say this represents ah 10. 6 million. This represents 7 of our Program Budget or this represents 50 of our Program Budget where this represents 1 of our Program Budget. It helps. I think me at least ah determined that the science of and just how important the number is contextually with within the budget framework. The second thing that i would say is, um, with respect to the pie charts, and i know its like its infinite and its turtles all the way down and theres you know, there can always be more pie charts and photographs, and its difficult to ah figure out when to zig and windows ag, but, uh i think it would be really helpful. Two. Have something that just shows that the recurring ah, plan. Um you know, this is this is what were committed to over the long run and anything thats coming in. Thats one time this is additional, and so then that could be expressed. Separately. Um and that. Hmm you know, hopefully might give us a little bit more visibility and two when is something coming in from the top and you know is additive or is helpful or, you know when its something thats just part of the plan, and were actually making a strategic change here. Um, all of this stuff kind of gets i im just constantly struggling to find the forest through the trees. And there are a lot of, uh, freaking trees. Uh, so, uh, those sort of contextual contextual ization wherever we can get it, i think would be super helpful. I know its extra work, and i dont want to make the extra work. But if its ready, and its available, and youre already looking at it anyway, so it would help us or help me at least thank you, commissioner for those comments, um uh, we certainly have the dollar amounts attached to these percentages. It was getting a bit busy, and i think this was really a dry run for me to see. You know how much is too much . What you know, uh, a little practice on telling the story about the budget. I take your point on whats one time . Thank you. And ongoing, i will say, though, um it has been a challenge at this department, too. Draw that consistent line with the budget because of decisions that have been made around one time funding, especially this large influx of state money, so, um, but i think that would be really helpful context for the commission. I really appreciate that feedback so we can work on that. And perhaps when we come back with the final, um, board adopted budget, which may look very different, um, that that would be helpful context to sort of set us a pace on the new year for your important oversight, and i want to be clear. Its absolutely not a critique in any way, shape or form. Its a, um, conversation, i guess, and im just trying to unwind and figure this stuff out, and obviously its based on what you guys actually have time to provide. Im respectful of that. No, it was very helpful. Thank you. Welcome that. My turn. Great. Thank you, um on page 13. Uh huh. It mentions extending the operations at three hotel based shelters, uh, providing 288 beds. Im assuming thats the cova monarch and a third the dante the cobra and the monarch. Okay and, uh, whats the thought about just one year as opposed to two years. Yes excellent question. So as you can see, on the right the cost for that one Year Investment is pot 27 million. Um were leveraging six of that from a state grant. And then the balance is really coming from prior year general fund appropriations, which were liquidating or not moving forward with the project in order to keep these beds open. Um there was not enough room in the mayors plan to provide two years of funding and so the direction to us from the Mayors Office is we understand that you know, closing beds is not the direction we want to go to. Um and you have a one year to figure out how to, um, you know, either renegotiate at those sites find more permanent sites. Um, but you know, these are still paying that booking rate that we were paying during the sip hotel rates. At a very high per unit per month to, um, hotels that were previously tourist hotels. So its really a bridge, um, commissioner evans to give us enough time to make sure theres no disruption or loss of beds with someone time money and some state funding, but we really are going to be working actively to how are we going to replace that capacity at a lower cost . It looks like its about 93,750 per bed. If i just did it rough back of the envelope. Is that sound about right . About i mean, theres more actual beds were paying for that are. I think its 290 or 295 that are offline for, um , office space or staff space. So we are. We are paying the full freight. Um i think two of the three hotels um we in order to get even a better rate from the sips. We are continued to provide meals, um through the hotel. Um i see landlords, so theres also a premium there for meals, something additional to the room additional to the room but part of the overall booking agreement. Okay . And im theres more of a comment. Im sure we dont want those rooms to go away in the second year, so im sure well figure out something. Um the page well, uh um. It mentions expanded capacity at the Largest Adult shelters, 395 beds. So how does how does that happen . Because i understood during covid. We reduced capacity, and then there was an announcement. I think it was maybe in february that we were going to reinflate the hotels. This is when the emergency sorry the shelters. Um so this was when we were going to essentially, you know, reinflate to full capacity, so i guess my question is, is this the same re inflation still happening . That hasnt happened yet. That was previously previously announced and was it budgeted . So im not. Quite familiar with the february announcement. I believe what was announced in february or what my recollection is, um we were also at that reduced covid capacity at our Navigation Centers so funded in the current year budget underway is the expansion of 206 beds at our Navigation Centers. This proposal has not yet been implemented. Our providers are starting to hear about it. You know, as the mayor rolled out this, um, plan and it would, you know, look at those congregate adult beds, um at the three largest sites and get back closer to that covid capacity next door msc south and sanctuary. Thats correct. Thank you. Um i was just going to build on the request for how we see budget data in the future. I mean, im im really comfortable with excel spreadsheets, and i would love to see the level of Program Programmatic detail at a line item level. Um so i would love to see like, you know this program this much money for this year and the next year, and then this many people served. So that way, its just like a super easy way to, like. See whats coming in whats getting defunded. Whats being added, um so i would love to see the data presented like that in the future. I dont know if its again available that way already , which is a matter of sharing a document that already exists with us or not. Thank you. And, um. So um, i do have a lot of questions around the prophecy. So um, didnt want to continue to that discussion. One i asked about the vehicular program, and i think you were going to come up and just shed just a little more light on that. I forgot to follow up on that. I apologize. Other than hello, commissioners. Rosado chan, Deputy Director for programs with hsh. Um in regards to the rv program. We are in the process of exploring other rv programs. Um and the way that we can help not only maintain the rvs, um and with repairs, but also any kind of buyback that we could do. So that we can then move the individual or the families into housing. So we are looking into other cities and working very closely with cynthia with our strategic and planning team, um so that we can kind of see what successful in other cities and in other counties and work on that, but we are definitely planning to have an implement an rv bet buyback program. Okay um , just throwing it out there i domain expertise, so feel free to reach out to me offline and would be happy. To help help the city do that as efficiently as possible. Absolutely something thats absolutely needed and appreciate that. Thank you so much. Any additional comments. So are we gonna . We are just a second. I know that theyre too or there may be one or two. Focus on public. Uh um, that would like to provide comment. I do want to share that. For me, because this is a question about how were going to present this data and everyone has their specific requests and needs. Um so im definitely high level. So for me, i want to know if you could be able to, um, present this. For example. Page 16. How granular can you get that in terms of where the budget is going. Can it be done by race, ethnicity, etcetera. Um that would be a question i have and then in terms of um, i guess, for example, a page 12, but it talks about the h s h shelter system and you know the beds that were, you know, increasing, you know, where is that on the continuum of our long term goal and just having a you know, and image or infographic about how that looks because the way im going to use the data is actually present back to the community and let them know whats happening. And the you know, the as simple as possible is, you know im my approach. So um, chair butler. So your questions are. How much can we disaggregate the data on the pie charts and, you know, i think that varies with i mean, i know you youre using. I think youre using that. Um, slide is an example. And so i think what we can do as a matter of practice is where we can. We will definitely present data disaggregated. Um were not there completely in the way that we can do that. Because you know, we have to rely on that system we have and really understand from our providers. Like you know where theyre tracking that and whether or not but i think we can make as a as a matter of practice that we can share that. And then i think, in the second part, um what youre asking is really to compare, um what were doing this year and how it how it fits within our five Year Strategic Plan. So in this case, the 5 94 new beds how far it gets us toward the overall shelter goal in our Strategic Plan, correct, okay . And we can provide that latter part very easily. Were starting to prepare those slides. Um you know, also in anticipation of where is this going to end up at the board may be in a very different place, but at least showing what the mayors proposal gets us. Um i think from a budgetary standpoint, you know, i was laughing with christine that you know, we have thousands and thousands of rows of data that we can slice and dice. What we what we it. The budget data, though, is really presented in um to, um, commissioner albrights earlier question, like heres how much is going to cbs or individual contracts, so there is a challenge sort of disaggregated that to the individual or, um, client pork bone profile, and so we sort of talked about those datas a bit differently here. The budget investments. And then here, the that you know, population served in outcomes. Um but this is very helpful feedback and really appreciate your patients with my First Commission budget presentation. Youre doing great girl and good outstanding. Chair i have one more question. I know we have Public Comments. Public comments. Um sheriff, this is a director makes baton. The budget as proposed assumes. That. Or tracks with the Strategic Plan. We just had that conversation, so this is more of a process question. Who approves that Strategic Plan. Is that done by us or so i know you presented it maybe before, so i just want to make sure were crossing all the eyes and teas. And if well, thats the approving something that may be right. And so the Strategic Plan came out before the Oversight Commission was seated and the other thing that were going to have to figure out i think moving forward so now we have the five year plan. Um but its also the mayors Strategic Plan on homelessness. I think one of the things that we really wanted to do was not being a silo. And you know it was so much of this work sits with other departments. So as i think you probably noted when you looked in there there, there are shared goals with other departments, including department of Public Health, and tessa and um, d p w d e m and to name a few. And so it was. Its really her plan. And you know, were where the lead for sure. Um, but were the lead in working with a number of other departments helpful. Thank you very much. Excellent. Apologize to interrupt the Public Comment. Think its fine. Im sorry. Let me just finish that. I think one of the things that were going to have to figure out like in the next iteration of the plan is really i do think theres a role for the commissions and not just hours, but theres a role for commissions to approve implementation and to really think about, you know, and when we get to the end of the period to really think about the role of commissions, maybe in the next um, iteration, and we didnt have that conversation because we werent we didnt have a commission yet. When we started or even finish the process this time. Okay. Were not gonna open were gonna were not gonna open to remote Public Comment. Caller. Go ahead. We hear you. Yes good morning. Joe wilson, executive director of hospitality house and co chair of the homeless Emergency Service providers association. Can you hear me . Yes, we can hear you call her. Thank you, um. We also, uh, oppose the disregarding of the prophecy Investment Plan the, uh, local oversight body. Um we believe its as other speakers have stated. Its well advised, shortsighted, unnecessary. Just as a reminder to us all. Its always possible to rationalize a faulty premise, but the premise is still faulty. E unallocated funds dont mean that theyre unneeded. Doing more with less. Theres still less. In addition to subtraction is still obstruction. Two. Underscore particularly Jennifer Friedman box um comments. Um, heartfelt. Comments about the plight of homelessness and families. We had a recent example of the homeless family, a mother and father with a young child on the street. Theyve done everything right there in the coordinated entry assessment. Q. But no space had compass. Most space at hambleton. No space at providence, no space at horsemen all full. Um but we had the, um good fortune of being able to use some private dollars to get them into a hotel room for, um, slightly more than a week until a slot could open up. But theres underscores the plight thats repeated daily for homeless families and homeless youth. We have an artist that hospitality house that more from more than 20 years. Is that a relationship with us i left home at the 16 or 17 found and discovered his talent as an artist on the street. 25 years later. Every day is still a struggle for that young artist. Um whos now you know an adult but everyday struggles with the trauma of living on the street. Um, we have options. That we can avail ourselves of and again this Decision Making out of convenience, um, is frankly ill advised, and i will say that there are other options available. We need to seek out those other options color. Thank you. So even though hospitality house says, one of particularly potentially wanted to beneficiaries of the investments we have to oppose, um, sidestepping the cocoa Investment Plan to achieve these aims. Thank you. Theres another color in the cute go ahead caller. Good morning. This is George Jackson morgan, executive director at third street, easterner and clinic. Um like my colleagues have said before. You know, were deeply concerned about the cuts to pay and family services. We understand the budget instructions and the needs to make cuts. Um you know, we thought we were making some strides with pay and families. Um and we think that homelessness could be softer that for those populations rather, you know, uh quickly and in a way to joes point. I think were open to working together on finding, uh, state and federal funding to like, help us with these gaps. Go um, i think we can maximize some of these opportunities. Um where we wouldnt have to cut directly, um from pop see, but like at least finding some ways to fulfill in these gaps is if need be, and so i just want to urge everyone to Work Together on finding ways that we could, uh you know, replenish these cuts, um in a meaningful way, because it would just be disheartening to take away from them. But the work that weve all been doing to decrease homelessness okay, and families and undermined some of the work that folks have been doing on the ground with these two populations. So please. Please, please, uh. Lets lets Work Together to make this, um, work. Thank you. Thank you, caller. Theres one more color in the queue. Go ahead, caller. We hear you. Good afternoon, commissioner came our compass. Family services. Um as my colleagues have shared the protest changes to the proposition the Investment Plan and would be a disaster for homeless families and homeless stay compasses. Housing ladder. Urgent accommodation, voucher, flexible subsidies and permanent Supportive Housing site depend on these funds. The population of homeless families has growing here over a year and not reflected in the pit count. We cannot move voter approved research it away from Homeless Children because they are more difficult to see. Um we consult family and homelessness. Please do not do this. How much children will suffer. Thank you so much for your commitment. Thank you, caller. That concludes the thank you. Thanks. Okay so were gonna open up the floor to the commissioners. And, you know, im hoping that you know, as we have in this discussion that we think about solutions and waste of fill in and, um, also um, you know, ways to Work Together to make sure that you know um we make sure that you know our youth, which is, i think across the board our desire for them to have the house and that they need um, up. Ill start if thats okay. Um, mr chairman. Thank you. Thank you for that sentiment that there is. The potential of working together and trying to come up with a solution. Ah, that that does not um, deter us from doing better by our young people and families. Um i brought the perspective to this commission of having served as a policy advisor to the mayor on homelessness. Ah from mayor ed lee. And i can say that i am so glad that the department of homelessness and Supportive Housing was created. I think that there is so much more creativity. I think that there are so many things to be hopeful about, um, so appreciative of director mcspadden leadership and the team that that she marshalls forward to make things happen. And i want to say that, uh, i was happy to be here and feel like some of the things that i used to experience i can tell you about how many times i went to first friendship of family drop in shelter, and it was. It was a tragedy that these families were sleeping on mats on the floor and there was no shower. For these children to go to and the church was so old, that it couldnt be renovated, and the best i could do in my role was to go to the rec and Park Department and ask for free passes to go to the public swimming pool. It was two blocks away. I could talk about what ive experienced with families and young people and have the tears that jennifer had. And it moved me so much to hear what she had to say. As someone who really was the moral and battleground leader and passing proposition c. And we were so proud because that was a campaign that really involved Homeless People for the first time. And thats part of the reason that Christian Evans is sitting here as a commissioner because she wouldnt take no for an answer and marc benioff stop and listen and said, this is someone smart. I need to listen to and as a result of that we had a campaign where the public said we need to provide the resources to achieve these goals. And theres other speakers pointed out. Families and youth are too often invisible. And i can tell you from experience. You cannot look at a young black or brown adult and know for certain whether theyre homeless or not. That is a major major challenge, and i understand what the mayor is trying to do to rationalize the adult system. But i would say, mr chairman that i believe, and i hope that you can help us achieve. This is that we should have a meeting with only this is the topic. The fact that we could not have this meeting today. Maybe it was fortuitous to give an opportunity so that individuals as as you pointed out earlier, we probably had more more providers come and speak on this topic. But i think that that young adults and families will come to us and talk to us about what is being achieved were gaining ground. I think we could be a National Model within two or three years in terms of turning around these systems for families and for young adults and what i saw the youth Navigation Center and so again, i believe we can be respectful. I reflected sitting here on the movie dave with kevin kline, who accidentally becomes president , the United States and he as a rational normal person wanted a program to move forward that just helped people and he sat his cabinet down and he instructed them. Were not leaving this table until we come up with something , and i believe that our supervisors and the mayor and the Mayors Department heads could do that. I think that this is not a solution that has to be put on the backs of families and young adults, and so i appreciate i have tried to be very quiet as a commissioner, by and large because i know the commissioners are a pain. Ive seen it over and over again. I dont want to be a pain. Today. Im gonna be a pain and say that i think that that if this commission is to have integrity and to be respected, we have to be on the record and we have to provide a public mechanism and to give us the opportunity. Maybe we wont take a position on it, but we should have something. Noticed that is open to the possibility that we would make a recommendation as to moving in another direction or whether we support do not support. Um what is being proposed in this ordinance presented to the board of supervisors, and i think that the supervisors who believes so strongly and fought to establish this commission would want us to go on the record. They would not us want us to be silent in the face of what potentially could happen here that i believe would negatively affect young people and families that deserve better. I want more experiences like city gardens. I dont want more experiences like first friendship. I concur. Thank you. Thank you, commissioner. Did you have any comments . Okay g. Can i ask you a few questions about the cropsey money . So um, it was reported, uh, 40,000,001 time and then 20 million. Ongoing is that correct . That is not correct. Okay, please tell me so , um, you know the cropsey money for the our city. Our home legislation. Does hamstring the department in some ways, so shelter is not an eligible use for those funds drop in centers , not ineligible. Use transitional housing is not an eligible use. Um and so the proposal, um, has no cuts to what we proposed as a department. In any youth and family programs. As i presented theres actually funds to expand new housing on both ends. What it does do is in the first year of the budget. There is a one time reduction of 20. 6 million in revenue that would otherwise be allocated to those, um. To family and tae. That we had when we presented our budget had, um , had presented as future acquisition. We are going. For to home key projects that we think will be successful. Given the level of tae investment at the state. We have a 66 Million Fund Balance dedicated for tae acquisition. And on top of that. We do not have enough Program Costs next year to Fund Anything beyond that. And so the idea was that on a one time basis, we could make strides and prevention other housing. Um problem solving for tae youth and shelter, um, including shelter for families that we couldnt otherwise make within the country aint of our budget. So in the first year of the budget, it reprograms um 11. 7 million in teh revenue and 8. 8 million in family revenue that was otherwise going to. You know, set waiting for a future acquisition. Maybe this year. Maybe next year again. We have 66 million in the bank in the second year of the budget. That 40 million that is prior year accumulated fund balance that we havent spent down some of that was being held because we were getting very dire news from the Comptrollers Office about the revenue projections. They came in higher or spending has been slower. And so it was, you know , really in conversations at the very end of the budget, with the Mayors Office, wanting to make some investments in our Strategic Plan for all populations, where can you find money . G and this was an opportunity to leverage those one time Fund Balances in year two of the budget. In year two of the budget if you strip out that front balance the revenue allocation exactly is what the voters passed in the our city. Our home legislation so all new revenue coming in will be proportioned as the voters articulated at that percentage basis. Its this prior your fun balance, plus next years funds on a one time basis. Um and that those are the facts, so just to clarify the prior years balance is 40 million, okay, and then thats the one time for this year of 20 million. Its the one time for this year in year two of the proposed budget, the revenue allocations. Conform to the our city. Our home statute 60 60 million total. So um, when did we learn about the home key project funds, the ones that you were saying we are going to spend on the acquisitions. So weve been learning about the home key dollar. I mean, weve been applying for home key dollars all along. Um what hasnt been clear is when were going to get the repayment from the state, and so id have to go there. Its different for each project. I would have to go back. And look. Um we did compare this to what we reported in the six months to the our city, our home commit committee. And what were you reported in our Department Phase and i think we had identified almost that amount of money as available again. Setting aside for you know, weve gotten this repayment from the state and we have, you know really significant uncertainty from the revenue. Um i would say theres still a lot of uncertainty around revenue in this fund. And so you know, there is some level of risk in the budget that were starting to spend down high volume of fun balance. So just to clarify because ive ive been in a lot of your budget. Presentations to the public since january, and so it sounds like that home key dollars were reflected in that initial budget present those presentations youre making back in january as well, reporting that there is savings from home key and you know, we have been rolling that forward, i think what is you know, sort of new news is so city gardens is a good example. The state had awarded us 48 million we there was some uncertainty when we would receive that. I believe we received it two weeks ago. The other kind of new information were getting with home key is that although we applied for operating subsidies now were getting the award with the operating subsidies and its starting to flow. So you know, i hear the comments. I understand the optics, but this is a one time use of savings that has been freed up so just to clarify like the normal budget processes that you like put put together this presentation. And in december january that you basically than take around for community and put right ago went to the local homeless coordinating board. It went to the oko committee, right. Since oko has been unlocked, the budget process has been slightly different in february. You know i and january . Yes we went around to the yoko. Excuse me, the local homeless coordinating board. We presented a flat. Okay. Oh, funding because of this volatile revenue and updated projections in march. Um we had a proposal that we provided to the mayor and that the committee was shared with in april. And as i think folks are aware that the american and her staff continue to deliberate on all trade offs in the budget and balance and at one point after we presented, i believe, or around the time we presented came back with cuts additional requests for cuts for the all city departments. Um this is not a cut budget, but we were able to identify savings. Um both in the oco fund and our General Fund Budget that the mayor has reprogrammed. I would say that is unusual that the budget reprograms and re appropriates fund balance. Usually those funds Carry Forward or they fall and you know, to fund balance and theyre re appropriated by the board. So im just trying to clarify the timeline, so i remember there was another requested us to go to cut further in that was in march. And then coco actually met a couple of times after that, including i believe the thursday before memorial day weekend and just as an idea this notion of like taking the oco funds wasnt breached at that point at that meeting, either. Not aware of the memorial before memorial day , the oko meeting the rc. We presented our Department Budget in april. It is then with the mayor. It is the mayor who decides whats in the final budget. And um ive been around too long to step ahead of the mayors Decision Making on that. And so you know, we shared what we knew and had presented. The mayor in her with her staff have come up. Um with another proposal that were sharing now , okay, thats thats great, so i just wanted to confirm its not say this was not presented to the oko commitment. What wasnt the departments proposal. It came from the Mayors Office. So thats what i just wanted to clarify. So you know, obviously its more than optics. The mayor, you know, opposed prop c um its a real problem from where i stand. I went to, you know dozens of Community Meetings and then presented to the community on what we were asking them to approve right. Like we actually said, like, the goal of prophecy is to go upstream to ensure that we have money for young people that theyre not experiencing trauma that were ending their homelessness immediately. That way. We like it was mentioned by one of the Public Commenters person who is, uh, homelessness , youth is five times more likely to be homeless as an adult, so obviously its a way to actually reduce the long term. Uh consequences of having a traumatized youth, right whether its a t or a child in a family household, so i. I think theres a there are many, many reasons why we shouldnt do this right and that be it beyond the prevention that we would have trauma and future homelessness, like if our goal is to really work on going upstream and improving the city of San Franciscos long term picture on homelessness. We should be absolutely prioritizing youth and children. And uh, moreover, we said to the voters, this is how were going to spend the money if we start tinkering with that. I mean, i remember being on a, you know, debate stage with opponents of this major, and they said the departments and the mayor cant be trusted with this money, even though its in the late language of the major. They said theyre not going to spend it the way that you, you. You you say theyre going to spend it. I said, ill be up there screaming when they try to spend it. Different way. So here i am to make sure that were really honoring what we told the voters they were voting on. Um and its my understanding that the way that youre, you know, essentially keeping services intact. You mentioned the re inflation of next door. Sanctuary embassy south. These are buildings that have been in the portfolio of hsh prior to prop c right this is these are these are old. Assets of the system. And so the idea of again taking money away from what was supposed to be additive and above and beyond, uh, what was previously in the budget . Thats why theyre specific language in the major about not supplanting use of funds, and so im really concerned about this on a precedent setting basis. Im really concerned about this on the fact that it breaks the promise to voters on many Different Levels. Um and so i fully support that we have a hearing specifically on the topic of this budget, um and hear from people that its going to directly impact. And i would like to do that next week or the week after. Thank you for your comments, commissioner. Did you have any comments . You know, i think, uh, ah did uh, commissioner albright want to go first . Or you can go first. Um. I think for myself, im still getting up to speed here. Um there are a lot of numbers being thrown around. Uh and ive been jotting them down furiously. And im uh huh. Trying to understand , uh, i guess. One i think you said at the outset that there were constraints on what you could do with with prophecy dollars. Um then im uh. It suggests or implies that there was some kind of legal analysis that was done of the tax to make sure that you are compliant with the law. Um and i guess the question number one would would just be is a presumptively because this is being presented. Its compliant with prop c or not compliant. It is compliant. The prophecy envisioned a process by which the board by a two thirds majority. Could um, you know, change things on the margin to meet critical needs. We do have, um, advice, which i think is going to be part of the legislative digest. Correct me, emily. Um, from the city attorneys office. Um you know, laying out with his the risk. Okay um, this past you know what they advised was reasonable given there isnt a permanent change to the allocation. Uh, these are one time monies. Um certainly, you know, funds are not being taken out of the homeless response system and to your earlier comment, commissioner, um you know those examples. I heard about shelter capacity. Other resources for tae and youth, which are so incredibly critical. None of these funds could otherwise be used for that the legislation restricts it to housing caps housing at 12 if its a short term subsidy under five years, and it doesnt allow for, um, you know, models like, um, you know additional family shelter beds while housing is ramping up, so it does constrain at least on an operational implementation level. Some of the flexibility that i think we all want to make sure that these important goals for family and youth are being met. Um but, you know, this is really, uh, important conversations, i think for policymakers both this commission, the board of supervisors and the mayor to all have our responsibility at staff is to lay out a menu of options , none of them good and a constrained budget. So, um. So just to make sure i understand it correctly. This is a compliant proposal that the board of supervisors has to have a supermajority approval of in order for it to proceed. So if thats correct, so if they dont achieve a supermajority, then it steps there. Um okay. If they dont, we can detail what in our budget would then not be funded, and thats you know, and you know, as the conversation reflected, um if there are other ways, other trade offs and the citywide budget conversation, were happy to help provide more of that detail. And then, um i guess that leads to my 2nd 2nd question, which is so ah, you know, we talked about a 20. 6 reduction and. Year. One is that right . Going forward in my like, im sorry. Im getting terrific. Lee confused. Um and im im doing my best here to try and wrap my head around it. So every year um the programmatic portion of the fund is roughly 293 100 million 25. Minimum needs to be spent on Mental Health services. Those are services budgeted with the department of Public Health. The other 75 sits in hs hs budget, although we dont administer all of it, we have partners with most cd, adult probation and the office of workforce and economic development. That revenue is appropriated each year, so lets say 600,000,300 million next year in the budget. The 291 million is not following the statutory. Uh um, caps that would be you know, 50 of the fund of the new revenue needs to be spent on housing and within that, 50 um 25 is earmarked for Family Housing 20 to serve people under the age of 30. Then theres general housing, which we you know, conserve populations, but we have focused that as a city on adults, older adults, seniors and chronically homeless adults. And so that is the piece that the board has to, um, approve as well as this use of fun balance. Um and so that would require a two thirds vote at the board of the legislation. The proposal to implement that as part of the budget. If the board does not pass that there will be some changes to our budget as part of the boards process. So just making sure i did the math right here. So we start with 2 93 and Property Funds. 75 of that. Ah than 50 of that 75 than 25 of that. Ah 50. Gives us to 27. 4 million. That was what originally would have been the family and youth budget. Is that right . 67 million. Okay let us provide a detailed chart for you to do this. It offline. Yeah so i guess where im leading with this. Let me say high level and i appreciate you being patient with me about this part of this. So, uh, in terms of what was promised for this portion of the budget. In other words, what was the ex expectations . So im thinking three buckets what was promised what was spent and then what is that . At the end of that . Right so i mean, if we promised, uh i think jenny said. Whatever it was 60 65,000,066 million. Was that what we initially promised . Im just im just trying to break it down to simpler buckets here. What do we promise . What do we spend . Yeah. You know how much is that changing Going Forward . Because then ive also heard that some of this has been offset by hunky money. Im trying to determine uh, no. Yes yes. Okay, so im trying to determine is there a, you know, to what extent . Is there a net reduction here . Thats where im going with all this. We can provide that. Okay i just want to respond specifically to the home key. Point, which is. If we didnt have props, see . There would still be a home key program. And the city would have still applied for the home q dollars. And we would have operationalized those dollars cropsey. Does not envision being the stopgap for. Funds that were already going to be coming our way right . It was seen as being additive and Game Changing to really get ahead of the problem that has been growing. For decades in the city. Im just trying to just saying theres no way that we should be thinking about home key as all of us and surprise money that showed up that oh, we dont have to spend the property money because its quote unquote not needed. I mean, that was actually in the chronicle article. How unhelpful is that to the public to tell people that their money wasnt needed . Youve heard very clearly that theres a very clear need for that money. And to be misrepresenting this as oh, we had some surprise money that showed up and that took care of the problem. And so we dont have any need anymore as completely misrepresenting the situation. Im just trying to understand contextually. Whats happening here . How much just saying theres a difference between what is fed to journalists and gets printed in the paper and whats reality commissioners. I think this is an opportunity for us to get clarity. We have, um at the table. Whats the request . And i agree that theres room to have you know, um. Comments from those who have these experiences and obviously this isnt an informational sessions so we wont be able to make that. Um, vote, but i definitely think that theres room for us to get more information, more clarity so that we can come to the table appropriately. Commissioner albert thank you so much. I have similar questions. In terms of clarity. I think we each see this in a different way. But let me start with the pie chart. On page 16. Um. It says families at 10 for 23 24 and then for 24 25 families at 9 and then it says youth at seven and 9, respectively. When you say youth, does it mean tae specifically or is it all youth under 24 . It is a budget. Um it is the way the Budget System citywide is set up to capture both children with, um uh, any housing that includes, um transitional age youth, so the definition and cocoa can serve up to, um people aged 25 to 29 and allow them to sort of age in place. This budget view of the world is only for the transitional age youth 18 to 24 18 to 24 because i asked because 18 to 24 year olds make up 13 of our population of those who are experiencing homelessness in San Francisco, and so i think theres an interesting analysis around. How are we spending our money with respect to the populations and needs that are served. There is, i would just clarify that in that adult mixed there are programs and units have housing, safer youth and, um, families. That is the piece i mentioned at the last hearing that we need to take more time to kind of break out for the public because its not easy to do within our contracting data. As its reflected in the Budget System, so you may have a permanent Supportive Housing that has, um parenting today and adults and that would be counted in the adult bucket there under this view, and so you know. Yeah not to argue your point about percentages, but i think that needs a little more refinement so that we can give you the most Accurate Information and were on the exactly the same page on that. And when i see youth what im hearing, you say its 18 to 24. Its really tae that were talking about for the purposes of this pie chart. Were not talking about young people who are under the age of 18. Thats correct. Those are uh, miners . Yeah right. Just jump and ask one. Follow up question. Um, under that adult bucket. Is there the opportunity for and i know the director left. But is there the opportunity for hsh or or the department to, uh, change . Uh the allocation within that adult budget, uh, adult portion of the budget, maybe allocate or or ah, procedurally programmatically make more of that money available that was previously in the table bucket. Excuse me, transitional age youth bucket. So once once you know, the budget is really based on costs or projected costs right at the most basic level, and so the budget, especially for a non profit, part of the budget is really, really tied to individual projects or contracts or grants. And so the ability to sort of move money from. One piece of the budget to the other happens through the annual budget process and unless theres new money that would require a Program Closing or being defunded, or maybe not operating at full capacity. Um you know, there are some examples of that in our non, um are non cbo side but typically you know, were funding the same programs and same capacity year after year and then were trying to add, and so those stay pretty much constant, um, absent a new influx of funds. Thanks. I just have a couple more like clarity questions. I think for presentation purposes instead of saying you that would be helpful to put in aged span around what were thinking about or were transitional age youth. Um, using that. Um or when were talking about unaccompanied minors. We talked about that, um , just for presentation purposes. The other question that i have is along the same lines, i think is all my commissioners on page 19. When you talk about the proposal, the two Year Spending proposal and i really understand how difficult it is to put together a balanced budgets and how difficult it is to make policy choices and appreciate your comments. In the end. These are policy choices in the department is presented scenarios to the policy makers to make that decision. Um for clarity just to understand it. Talks about in the slide on page on slide 19. Proposed one time reallocation of unspent and unprogrammed. Oh, cap o c o h dollars. Um it would be helpful to understand you. I think you said it here but for clarity what is unspent versus unprogrammed . And to the extent that something is unprogrammed in year one and the Community Came together and with with the department developed programming for those dollars. Could there be a change . For those dollars because now theyve become programmed for year two. That makes sense. It does. I think, you know, trying to describe something thats pretty technical and in laypersons terms, so unspent just means that a program was maybe budgeted it full year cost or eight months of cost, but its taking six months to ramp up or ramp up is going slower than expected. Their savings at the end. Those then are unprogrammed because next year budget is fully funded, and so thats what it was really trying to describe to, you know, or we had, um funds that were going to be set aside for operations for some of the buildings we acquired, thinking we would have to acquire the full cost of the building home key came in. Theres some savings on the acquisition acquisition side. And then theres 20 months of subsidy before local dollars kick in. Um and so the process to reprogram those is the annual budget process. And you know this is a relatively new fund. Most of the funds have been rolling over and frankly, have been, you know, in reserve or not being spent, or were not going out, saying we want to reprogram these immediately because certainly theyll one of the last conversations at the oko Oversight Committee was really around revenue, uncertainty with the economy and the taxpayers who pay this tax. Um you know those those revenues coming in lower, so its been challenging just on the implementation side. How do you ramp up and ensure your programs that youve already started . Especially things like housing . Dont get cut, where you would be really cutting programs are displacing people. And then how do you sort of paste this one time funding . Is revenue going to be better . Is revenue going to be worse . This is a very volatile fun unlike the general fund that has a lot of revenue sources. That can balance business tax or hotel tax property tax is pretty consistent. We are sort of a fully contained fun. So if the taxpayers dont pay if theres um denial in the tax we are rebalancing at the end of the budget process, which makes it challenging. So um you know, thats what unspent on programmed and thats sort of the process. Um that were presenting and saying this is how we as a department, um, think the program should be spent. The mayor has and her staff have now said no. These are our priorities, and this is how we want it to be spent. And now its the public and the boards opportunity to make the final decision. Thank you one. Quick. Follow up question on that. So um, if i understand you correctly if we find a program at at 10 million annually, hypothetically. It doesnt start till six months in. So now we spent 5 million. So now we have 5 million unspent. Next year. Its 10 million. Okay 10 million next year. 10 million. 10 million dollars. Presumably the 5 million is now orphaned. What what is supposed to happen or what would typically happen to that that 5 million that were expecting to spend from january to june, but now we didnt get to spend it. Like is, uh, okay. I was supposed to create a new program or like a is there an obligation somewhere to spend it or is it just suspended unspent . Like help me understand what happens to orphan funds. Sure orphan funds. Okay so, um, we provide a projection to the Oversight Committee. What do we think is our spending . Are we on track . Are we overspending . Or were you under spending at the six month mark . Um and then those costs get trude up as invoices come in, and so we have a little better picture at the nine month mark. Um and we usually have better revenue projections from the Comptrollers Office. Since the fund has been in existence, these are funds that will roll forward within their intended use. So, um in the past. We have done this a variety of ways we have said oh, look, coco committee. Heres some one time funds. Wed like to reprogram it for this new project or this pilot or this acquisition. Its a good use of one time funds and other situations. Weve said, you know that the program is taking a little while to ramp up. We told you and your example we would need 10 million next year. Were only gonna need five and then the second year of the budget will need 10. And then that 5 million again can be part of the deliberation process. So its sort of depended. On. The program itself with the ramp up schedule has been, um you know, and how weve gone back to the committee and example of something weve done sort of mid year is when we received the housing emergency choice vouchers where we went back to the committee and said, hey, you know we were going to use this money for new permanent housing. Flexible slots. We have these vouchers, the federal governments going to pay for the subsidy. Wed like to use them just for this service is part and be able to serve more households and there was conversation about that they could you know, way in or take a vote. If they wanted it wanted to. Its still within the executive Branch Authority to make those kind of adjustments mid year. Thank you. And i just have one more comment and what would be helpful to know is how these impacts are going to how these . Um uh, spent this two years spending plan is going to impact. The five Year Strategic Plan. Ah and is this going to in any way diminished the citys ability to meet the Strategic Plan, and if so, what does that mean . And where are we going to make it up . What does that mean . Um, would be helpful for me. Thank you. I would just briefly comment, um, that we will not meet those goals. 50 you know the 35 towards prevention, the new housing all of that is funded through this one time revenue shift because it is, you know, sort of one time prevention money. Um and so there. This. This budget will look very different in terms of making progress towards the strategic goals without this revenue or other revenue thats identified. The one really brief comment. I just wanted to say that. The Oversight Committee meets monthly and they you know could have looked at this money if it was presented them for discussion that didnt happen, and this plan was developed and launched after we knew about the deficit. I just wanted to make sure that we understand the timeline here. Thank you. Commissioners um, i want to do a time check. No we have to be out of this room. At one oclock. We have a presentation. Another agenda item, which im requesting that we hold until our next meeting. If thats okay with the other commissioners give us some time to breathe a little bit. And also, um, you know, i hear my colleagues mentioned the importance of hearing. Im not sure how that looks, but we will inquire and see how soon if, if or if we cannot do that, certainly, we will also have a discussion about, um, placing this on the next agenda item as well. So is that a fair uh um. Approach i guess would offer from my 25 years here that june is the month where the fiscal direction of the city is made, and so supervisors will be weighing in on this, and so i do feel that trying to have it beforehand because the entire city budget is, um. Is before the board and so i think that we could do something more detailed and in depth that i think could be valuable. So i do think it would be important to be in june. I mean, um, i agree. I am back in ideally next week. Well, the approaches, you know, um the vice chair and i will have a discussion about how we can move forward because theres obviously more than just having a meeting. But just all the things around it would just have one thing if a decision is made sorry if a decision is made to and were able to find a room and do the resources for a meeting. Um i appreciate wanting to have you have the meeting be exclusively about this, but i would like to suggest or request because i will not be at the july meeting because i will. I will be traveling and because this meeting was supposed to be the meeting that we were going to be building by laws, um, that if we do decide to have the meeting that we also schedule the items that were originally scheduled for this meeting. Good suggestion. Yeah, i support that. Right . Okay. Ah we have one color in the queue. Do you want to go ahead and take Public Comment . Um yes, just one great. Go ahead. Call over here. You hello. Yes. Go ahead, caller. We hear you. The celebrities. Okay, i know you too. So my name is francisco de coster. And when we create this commissions big you commissioners should get an orientation. About the budget. And how we have spent millions of dollars millions of dollars. On addressing homelessness and have done a very poor job. And then we have agencies like h s s. Who come before you with a presentation. Given the can down the street. Now in San Francisco. We have very citizens. And recently when we heard the presentation on the budget. Advocates. In favor permanent housing. Do not like the changes made by the mayor. Now heres the problem. A few are chosen by the mayor. Lackeys of the mayor. Some of you and talk about you know me. You need to have your heart in the right place. To solve. The president francisco San Francisco led the United Nations has formed. San francisco that today is a filthy city. Nobody wants to come with us. So you have responsibilities not only about our homes. But about quality of life issues. And do not take this presentations likely. Youve got to standardized presentations with timelines and goals. My name is francisco the cost and i dont mind giving a job commissioners and orientation. Thank you very much. Thank you, caller. That concludes our community meeting. Thank you for joining you very much. Thank you. 5 oclock. music . Cofounder. We started in 2008 and with the intent of making the ice cream with grown up flavors and with like and with tons of accessible freshens and so we this is many people will like it and other people will like you my name is alice my husband were the owners of you wont see ice cream in San Francisco and really makes fishing that we are always going together and we we provide the job opportunity for High School Students and i hired them every year and. Fun community hubble in San Francisco is my district i hope we can keep that going for many years. 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