Audience, we have about four regular agenda items as well as two hearings taking place. So, madam clerk, if well start the first one, if you could call item number 1. Item number 1 is the hearing to discuss and evaluate San Franciscos 10year plan to abolish chronic homelessness, which is due to sunset at the end of 2014. Thank you. So, colleagues, our first item today is a hearing i called for a few months ago to discuss our citys tenyear plan to abolish chronic homelessness here in San Francisco, a plan which is set to sunset this year in june. Leading up to todays hearing my staff and i spent significant amounts of time meeting with city, nonprofit and Community Leaders as well as outside organizations who tackle homelessness issues in other jurisdictions to find out whats been moving the needle on homelessness and what is not. We have accomplished a lot in the last 10 years, but despite our successes, the facts are that our Homeless Population count in San Francisco has remained fla
Come see me. But i think for a hie they look at homesness and say, people need homes. Its really very simple. At one stage of my life i thought that was naive. I think when you get down to the policy level, thats what people need, they need homes because were spending a lot of money no one comes up here, we shouldnt spend x amount of dollars on police services, x amount of dollars for the Sheriffs Department to move peoples things out of their homes, x amount of dollars for street cleaning. No one ever comes and says we shouldnt spend that money, but people say this jurisdiction is a magnet for people who need services. Im grateful the people who did the Homeless Count here because we can let some air out of this big room. Lets look at alameda county, santa clara county, san mateo county. Yes, some of them will have more success than us, but if you look at the base being parameters of the numbers, the truth of the matter is, yes, people oftentimes come to urban areas for opportunity. S
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