center. one of them plays the conga in our drum circle each month. we get our funding through a community services contract with the city. a third of that contract goes to paying our rent each month, each year, i m sorry. and that rent a year is $50,000 approximately. i was told that i could ask mayor lee when i was here, and i would ask you to talk to our landlord. maybe you can get a rent reduction for us. that would be very helpful. thank you. thank you. (applause) all right, thank you, linda. so, now i d like to call up caroline from the jewish family and children services. anyone from jfcs here? okay, all right. so, i guess we ll move on to public comment, then, or summer jobs, actually, here. good morning, everyone, mayor lee, supervisors, department heads. eric mcdonald chief operating officer for united way of the bay area. we are thrilled to be partnering again with mayor lee, city departments, and our private sector leaders to provide jobs and internships this s
out of here in a short amount of time, but also to gather as much input as possible. my name is eric mar, i m the supervisor for the richmond district. and i wanted to first introduce our mayor, mayor ed lee. thank you. (applause) ~ thanks, supervisor. i ll be very brief because the whole purpose of these budget town halls is to listen to our neighbors, our residents, to find out what you think matters in our city. i just wanted to put a little backdrop that a year ago when we started holding these community meetings, we had some significant budget deficits. and in years past they were even worse. now we ve come through a lot of that and i m thankful to all the department heads that are here because they worked very hard to work with me to find all the efficiencies, to make sure we balance that budget. clearly, the members of the board of supervisors and today we re focused on districts 1 and 4, but i want to thank supervisor mar, supervisor tang, and supervisor farrell for
thank you. mayor lee oh, good supervisor tang, supervisor mar, all the department heads and everybody here today, i think we re all pretty illustrious beingses for being here today. so, i m here to speak on behalf of some of the seniors that i serve in district 1. ~ my name is linda merly, i am the director of the richmond senior center which is just down the street on geary at 26th. according to the 2010 census, 21% of the people in the richmond district are seniors. that s individuals over 60. by 2020 we re looking at a senior population in the city of san francisco of 25%. that s all across the city of san francisco, 25% of us will be seniors, including me. at the richmond senior center, about 81% of the people we see each day identify themselves as at or below the poverty level. we ask for a $2 donation for lunch. it is a donation. it s not a requirement. i get phone calls every once in a while from people who ask me if i can help them pay their rent. i think someti
these officers and the department and a great city. going forward these fine men and women that you love so dearly will need your support. as much is asked for them in their new positions. it will not be easy. we are all in this together, and we need to show up for one another when the time comes. and it will be those times. hopefully few and far dween between, but good morning, everyone. thank you so much for coming out to washington heights and the richmond district for this first of a series of budget town halls for our cities. isn t this wonderful to have the city department heads, the mayor, supervisors tackv and farrell with us this morning as well? i wanted to say that my role is to facilitate this to make sure that we re going to stick to time and that we can have you out of here in a short amount of time, but also to gather as much input as possible. my name is eric mar, i m the supervisor for the richmond district. and i wanted to first introduce our mayor, mayo
whats their continuity plan for connecting with family? they should give their emergency contact information to their resident manager so that the resident manager knows how to get in touch. and have emergency supplies on hand. the tenants should be responsible to have their extra water and flashlights and bandages and know how to use a toilet when there s no sewage and water flows down. and the owners of the building should be proactive in that regard as well. so, george, thank you so much for joining us. that was really great. and thanks to spur for hosting us here in this wonderful exhibit. and thank you for joining us good morning, everyone. thank you so much for coming out to washington heights and the richmond district for this first of a series of budget town halls for our cities. isn t this wonderful to have the city department heads, the mayor, supervisors tackv and farrell with us this morning as well? i wanted to say that my role is to facilitate this to make