Supervisor wiener. I agree when you forward a program there maybe an expectation of continuation of the program of the program and we do this every year and senior meals and hiv services and rental subsidies and there is no guarantee it will. Beyond year one or two and beyond the years. So to say its a reason to question funding Free City College today because there may not be Adequate Funding in the future and that is true for many things that we you understand fund and the average taxpayer understands that and fees go up services get cut, faculty get laid off. Its not that we want them to happen but they often happen in these budget processes so i dont think thats a good enough rationale for not supporting Free City College today if we know we have the revenue coming in to fund that program this year. Again we want to provide some flexibility as this is a new program. We didnt want to make it a charter set aside yet. We want to evaluate how this program would move forward and there w
Commissioner hasz is he said women want the whole damn dollar and men in the audience men in the audience you want it for them two and the men go crazy now thats a particular kind of progressive audience; right . How important to get men and women to Work Together and make your case for the employer. Right this is a good question im so happy to see an audience full of women and a few men brave men have to be a part of conversation the reason it is important to men, women now comprise half hour the workforce working moms are the sole breadwinners in many households to the income is more important so those issues are important not only to the women but the family and the economy we have got to pull that wage gap well all be better off more money disposalable and spend that money and that creates more jobs good for the economy and businesses and women we are encouraging businesses to do is to just do a survey look at our books figure out whether or not youre paying people equally request
Of supervisors meeting. First item. Hearing on San Franciscos efforts to protect janitors, particularly immigrant women janitors, from physical and economic exploitation, Sexual Harassment, and president breed the floor is yours. Supervisor breed thank you all for joining us this morning. I to give a special shout out to olga miranda and members of the local 87 here today. I called for this meeting to evaluate what San Francisco is doing to protect Janitor Service industry workers particularly imMigrant Workers. These are some of the most vulnerable and i should add tireless workers here in the county. Many are women and many are subject to Sexual Harassment and expectation in the job. At home they face a rising pressures of displacement and addiction. The housing crisis is difficult to clearly to imMigrant Workers. The economic boom in the city has listed many in the tech sector the janitors who clean those offices are often struggling to survive here. This is a labor issue, an econom
Million people unfortunately, our housing supply does not keep up with the demand i might not realize the majority of construction is housing thats been suspended for years due to the 2008 recession while population is increasing the housing is only increasing that i 9 percent if we dont pursues housing the cost of housing about only increase how do we plan the regional allocation identifies the total number of housing unit by affordable level to support the new residents San Francisco incorporates it into the housing elements that guides the housing policies the arena data places it in the investment plans for the growth throughout San Francisco those plans developed by years of Community Planning laid the ground work for the construction so the city he e sets the goals in broad terms the private sectors builds market rate housing and nonbuilt Affordability Housing that majority of housing in San Francisco as well as throughout the Country Market rate houses built by private developer