And freddie mac and help families stay in their homes and expresses the intent of the board to negotiate with the banks that sell more of these at risk mortgages to the cdfis and pose low Financial Financial risks and burdens to the city and i hope that we can work with other cities to pressure the banks to sell more of these at risk loans and the City Councils in richmond california and new ark new jersey have passed similar resolutions and ive been in contact with them and it also urges our mayor to join us in this effort and i hope mayor lee can work with fellow mayors to include other cities to help us pressure the banks who sell these at risk loans and the rest ill submit thank you colleagues. Thank you supervisor avalos supervisor campos . Thank you madam clerk. You know, last week on wednesday at the request of supervisor farrell and i believe supervisor christensen as well, we had a very enlightening hearing at the Budget Committee to get a presentation on the Planning Departme
Organizations throughout the city that work with homeless population. Simultaneously began to intern at a San Francisco Attorneys Office they can services unit; i learn about criminal system and the legal system in general. I learn about the resources and the city, domestic violence, mental health. Homeless individuals are victimized a lot. Currently i am a shelter advocate; im getting to know about housing, organizing, my strongest point about working there in my mind is that work inside the shelters; i work with the management of every city funded shelter. I have a working relationship with them already. It would be a good idea to be in the committee as well as my current position as a shelter advocate. Supervisor kim next we have keith dennis and andrew mendez. Is either of them here today . Good afternoon. I am andrew mendez. I lived in San Francisco for the past four months of the homeless person. Prevista that i was overseas working and teaching and this is a second language. I r
To help out and to be open and understanding. The majority of the latin speakers out there, they come from their countries; they dont know how to read their own language. You are helping them reach their own language. And also interpret for them there are many homeless shelters that are in need of understanding why they are homeless. They understand the situation. When they have been there longer than expected, that is when they need help to understand. You need to understand that connecting them to those agencies does not mean that they will move quickly. It takes time. The latin speaking community, they need to get out there. They need to come in and start helping out an understanding that it is really a great achievement. It is helpful to everyone. That is all i have to say. Supervisor kim thank you for being here. Youre welcome. Supervisor kim mr. Langford . Hello. Hi. My name is isaac langford, current resident at ecs shelter. I have been here since february 11, 2012, i have atten
Oftentimes i am not only working with people that start businesses but people come looking for services who may need some assistance in finding parttime employment. And maybe being able to utilize some of our Financial Services as well. Supervisor kim you interface with people who come in asking for services . Yes. Supervisor kim great. Thats my question. Are there any other questions from colleagues . I would like to follow up on my question. Do you identify yourself as low income . I do. I believe that meet the ami requirements. I am at 70 ami. I do. Thank you. Supervisor kim thank you. At this time we will open up for Public Comment. If you would like to speak on this item, yeah . Please come up. Two minutes. Hi supervisors. Thank you for your service. And the director of Economic Development of the lgbt center and nick is on my team. He did incredible work in visitation valley. He was able to engage the neighborhood businesses in a way and at levels not seen before. I also was impr
Avalos . Thank you chair kim. I do appreciate the applicant put himself forward to serve on the committee. Although i feel there is expertise in doing community work, and working with certainly around the leand avenue area, that is a significant public service. I think someone representing a low income seat, i look for keywords, concerned with demographic changes, poverty. I just wasnt hearing that. I think it is important if we are going to be having a seat looking at overseeing how we do development; how different agencies work together; that we have a clear lens perspective that is real concerns about low income people at heart. I did not hear that coming. Not to say that the person does not have qualifications in other ways. For this seat, i want to make sure we are able to maintain that perspective. It should be clear to me in making a decision to that appointment. I would not support the motion. Supervisor kim i actually feel very torn about this. I represent a portion of market