He doesnt know what it is to have a living room, neither him or the other children. And i am here now requesting your help. For all the races, for all the people. Thank you so much, supervisor mar. Thank you so much, supervisor avalos. You are also aware of our situation. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good morning, supervisors. My name is [speaker not understood] collins and im here with the homeless coalition. I wear this black because its a black cloud over San Francisco. Im a person that [speaker not understood] homeless to my children for two years. Today i look, i go to different places in the bayview, the western addition, the mission, the tenderloin, and theres over four families that are homeless. They have suitcases, [speaker not understood], and they dont know what to do. Some of them are squared to reach out to get help. So, the speak out family homelessness. [speaker not understood] goal over the last past five years are families waiting list has reached high,
Like, when people getting ready to get evicted with the attorneys and stuff, so, thats why im asking yall to help them, the program so they can be able to have attorneys. Like myself, when i was evicted, they had lawyers that were paid a lot of money. And when it came time for me to go to court, they had two lawyers that can help people like me to stay in their home. So, thats why im urging that yall support this. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Hi, good afternoon. My name is Jennifer Friedenbach and im the director of the coalition on homelessness and it is time to wake up, San Francisco. We have a massive housing crises and its hitting hard. Its hitting fast, and its hitting with brutal force. Right now we have elderly women with cognitive disorders sitting up all night in chairs while their ankles swell. We have people so desperate for sleep, a safe place to sleep, away from Police Harassment that they are crawling into elevator shafts and getting crushed alive. Theyre cr
What do they try and do when they get out . Live their life a proper way. This has been a hindrance to the people of San Francisco as well as the rest of the country. Young mothers, young fathers, young adults, theyre trying to get their life back on track and because of one certain box on a housing application or job application is denying them a future, a positive future for their lives, for their childrens lives. If anybody actually wants to vote no on this, then you are publicly saying Rehabilitation Program doesnt work. So, im urging this to go to the full board and pass unanimously since eight supervisors actually supporting this, i believe its 8 or 7, supervisors supporting this. So, i please urge everyone to vote yes on this. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Hernandez. And i apologize i didnt call the next 10 speakers, but i believe we have one of our commissioners here, board of appeals director arsenio hurtado, [speaker not understood]. Julian harper. Jerry elsters. Marlene sanchez.
Very controversial legislation, but because of the time that was put into it, its great to have legislation thats being supported by all sides. I know that there are a lot of people here. I see maybe two empty chairs. If folks can squeeze in because i know a lot of people want to be here for this hearing. Please, if you can do that. So, the legislation before us today is one that we actually approved several years ago just for the city and county of San Francisco for employees of city and county of San Francisco. And what was behind it was removing the barriers resulting from the stigma associated with the conviction history, means more opportunity for work and [speaker not understood] for the 700,000 citizens who are released here every year and one in four adults every year who have conviction and histories. [speaker not understood], it may not be you personally, but you probably have a Family Member who has a conviction history given the high rates we have here in the united states.
Whether its cpmc or park merced. I know were going to have piers 30 and 32 coming forward. I would like it to always be part of the conversation whether the puc should be the power provider because if we are particularly where public land is involved or other public benefits, it would seem to me we should always be considering that. So, could you comment on that . Sure, sure. As you say, we have been providing electricity to essential City Services for decades. Weve been kind of the quiet utility here in town. With our, with our growing interest from residents, businesses, the supervisors, policy makers and having a stronger presence and providing more benefit to residences and benefits here in San Francisco, we are looking at more opportunities. And, in fact, the administrative code requires redevelopment projects to be studied for the feasibility for receiving service from the Public Utilities commission. As tjpa is under this agreement. You mentioned hunters point. Yes, phase 1, we