There are seats on the wings of the room who need a place to set. Sit. Youre welcome to see it of course. It is great to welcome everyone to this evening of conversation in discussion about our christian witness in the 21st century. The occasion is of course his new book on the benedict option. But before i introduce the imminent speaker i want to thank the cosponsors of this event. One of the sponsors is first things manganese magazine that i edit. And the other sponsor is plow and i would like to think peter munson for contributing so much for making this evening happen. It was really peters idea to have a big event like this to mark the publication of this important book. I would also like to thank the folks at the american conservative where he is a Senior Editor and a tireless blogger. And as we all know. In fact right now he is posting the folks at the american conservative in the folks at plow and i would like to thank those of us for trying to think about how to move forward in
Even more devastating. So, i want to figure out a way that we can do a better job at making sure that we are really focusing on the families, especially the children that are getting up every single morning and going to school in our city. So, thank you all so much, and i appreciate the fact that this report will always be posted in a timely manner in the near future from this point forward. Thanks. Thank you. ~ supervisor cohen. Again, can i have a motion to continue this item to the call of the chair . So moved. Second . Motion by consensus, moved. [gavel] madam clerk, can we have item number 6 . Item number 6, hearing to consider appointing two members, terms ending november 23, 2014, to the Shelter Monitoring Committee. There are two seats and three applicants. Thank you. We will now hear from the applicants in the order they are listed on the agenda. Ms. Amanda reichmuth. Hello, my name is amanda reichmuth. I currently work as a Victim Advocate with the district attorneys office.
1100 shelter beds in the city. Were the largest shelter provider ~. And actually i dont actually work in the Shelter Division of ecs. I work with the Asset Management and Housing Development side. We work very closely in permanent Supportive Housing with clients who are coming straight from the shelters. Whether theyre single adults or families. I have been working in supportive and Affordable Housing for 14 years, 8 of them here in San Francisco, and ive been at ecs for the last four years. Part of my role at ecs is working very closely with our Property Management and support services on our permanent Supportive Housing sites. We have three that we own and five that are leased through the Housing First sro Master Lease Program, and theyre very different. Our newest problem, 134 units of permanent Supportive Housing for single adults, Bishop Health community house, is really what i like to think of as the shining example of what permanent Supportive Housing and housing people coming f
Been at ecs for the last four years. Part of my role at ecs is working very closely with our Property Management and support services on our permanent Supportive Housing sites. We have three that we own and five that are leased through the Housing First sro Master Lease Program, and theyre very different. Our newest problem, 134 units of permanent Supportive Housing for single adults, Bishop Health community house, is really what i like to think of as the shining example of what permanent Supportive Housing and housing people coming from chronic homelessness, coming from the shelters should be. A lot of the sros in our Master Lease Program are more challenging buildings. Theyre old. They are not owned by us as joyce kerr mentioned. And part of the the part of the job that i really enjoy is going into those buildings and trying to raise the bar on the standards of the facilities and the operations to make it more efficient and make it better for the clients and the residents. And i woul
Tokens are expensive. Tokens comes out of hsas budget. So, we have a policy as to how tokens are distributed. They can be given for medical appointments. They can be given for leaving the Resource Center going to a shelter. They can be given for housing appointment. At one point when we looked at how much it would cost to give everyone two tokens a day, every 1,134 shelter folk times 2 tokens for . Tokens for transportation, between doctors appointments, housing appointments, going to aa meetings, so on and so forth. It was just astronomical. We just couldnt afford to provide everyone with a token. But the rule is everyone seeking a token should ask for a token, and we do have tokens available to clients at the shelter, but they must ask for them. Or its offered to them when they are at glide seeking a shelter and they have to go msc south or go out to the bayview. A token should be given from glide to the bayview and back. So, those are our comments on the report. We were fortunate th