Younger or older. Also, i am introducing an important Water Conservation measure today with the puc. The current drought highlights the need for Even Stronger Water Conservation efforts in our city and also region wide and thats why these two resolutions im introducing mark an important moment in San Francisco where we began groundwater supply project that will help expand and diversify our water supply and increase reliability for our water system. The first adopts ceqa findings for the project and the second approves the construction of a first project facility in Golden Gate Park which will create six deep groundwater wells and the Treatment Facilities on the west side. Although the project has been in the works for sometime now, it is especially timely to break ground now as california continues to experience one of the most extreme droughts on record. Also, the groundwater from these sick wells would be mixed with our hetch hetchy water in two reservoirs and when this project is c
Chiu. We found that there have been issues when were trying to address the issue of vacancies when there are buildings where there are commercial spaces below and residential spaces above. So, weve been working very hard with dbi and stakeholders to make sure that we address this in our current existing ordinance and so, i do want to thank the stakeholders and look forward to working with our city departments to ensure that we cannot only better track these vacancies, but also provide them these businesses or Property Owners with better city resources to help them either for vacancies or attract new businesses to their commercial corridors. So, with that, i submit. Thank you. Thank you, supervisor tang. Supervisor cohen. Thank you very much. I have a request, a hearing request that follows up on a motion adopted by our very own youth commission, and it will focus on the citys efforts to address the needs of young people with incarcerated parents. In 2011, a dcyf Needs Assessment found
Supervisor tang, thank you for waiting. Thank you. Ill be very quick. Today im introducing a piece of legislation that really seeks to address the issue of commercial vacancies here in San Francisco and it really builds upon the work of the vacant abandoned building ordinance that is currently in existence that was passed by this board in 2009 by introduced by supervisor david chiu. We found that there have been issues when were trying to address the issue of vacancies when there are buildings where there are commercial spaces below and residential spaces above. So, weve been working very hard with dbi and stakeholders to make sure that we address this in our current existing ordinance and so, i do want to thank the stakeholders and look forward to working with our city departments to ensure that we cannot only better track these vacancies, but also provide them these businesses or Property Owners with better city resources to help them either for vacancies or attract new businesses to
To create safer neighborhoods in communities beset by high levels of violence, multiple approaches are needed.
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Chris Judd and
Carl Miranda will join us to explain how.
Christine (Chris) Judd is the Director of Roca Springfield and Holyoke. Since 2011, Chris has been leading Roca’s work with high-risk young men and mothers in Western Massachusetts. As the Director, Chris oversees the Roca’s High-Risk Young Men, which focuses on young people who are deeply involved in the criminal justice system and are not ready, willing, or able to participate in any other program or jobs. She led the program through major ex