Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20180108

Any opposed . Thank you, the motion carries. 7c. Requesting authorization to enter into a new Grant Agreement with Bayview Hunters Point Multipurpose Senior Services for the provision of Community Services Program Pilot during the time period beginning january 1, 2018 and ending on june 30, 2020 in an amount of 526,075, plus a 10 contingency of 52,608 for a total amount not to exceed 578,683. Thank you, tiffany. Ok, can i do lighthouse first . I think we skipped over that one. Sorry, that was my fault, because i side tracked everyone. President serina yes, of course. Commissioner lang very good. I wanted to set the stage [laughter]. Ok. The first Grant Agreement presented for approval is the standalone adult with disability pilot and it is for lighthouse for the blind and visually impaired. Their programming includes the start of three new weekly classes, quarterly wellness retreats and outdoor excursions on weekends all designed to appeal to an adult with disability population that is not currently accessing programming. The funding through the Grant Agreement will allow lighthouse to dedicate resources and coordinate the new classes and weekend activities. Their outreach will be conducted in a variety of ways, including collaboration with other disability organizations, use of their own extensive database and promotion of the new program on appropriate websites. They will serve at least 100 consumers annually and provide over 1400 hours of service during the term of their Grant Agreement. I request approval for this Grant Agreement and happy to address any questions from the commission. President serina so protocol, bridgett, do we need to vote again . Yes, ok. So well do this again. Any further comments or questions from the commission . From the public . Ok, all in favor, call the question, all in favor . Any opposed . For the second time, the motion carries. [laughter]. All right, ill read item c for clarity. Requesting authorization to enter into a new Grant Agreement with Bayview Hunters Point Multipurpose Senior Services for the provision of Community Services Program Pilot during the time period beginning january 1, 2018 and ending on june 30, 2020 in an amount of 526,075, plus a 10 contingency of 52608, for a totalment in not to exceed 578,683. Thank you, tiffany. Ok, the second Grant Agreement presented for the commissions approval this morning is Bayview Hunters Point Multipurpose Senior Services. They are increasing the hours of operation to include evenings and saturday programming with their new activity programming that is targeted toward older adults and adults with disability who are not accessing services because they cannot go during typical hours. For a variety of reasons, including work commitments, caring for grandchildren, spouses or other family members. Their extended hours of operation in the evening and on the weekends also sets the stage for intergenerational programming which is included in the array of new programming that will be provided by bayview. Bayviews new Community Service activity programming will take place at their three senior sentences. Bayview outreach will include the housing buildings and lowincome residential sites located near two of the Senior Centers, both with older adult and adult with disability population that are not currently participating in services because the programming is limited. Bayview will serve at least 500 consumers annually and provide 7,000 hours of service during the term of the Grant Agreement. I request approval for the grant and am happy to answer any questions about bayviews grant. President serina i have one comment or observation. I think focusing on those residential neighborhoods that are close to the existing Community Centers is a very good idea, about there is a but there is a great deal of difficulty with transportation in the bayview Hunters Point area. The target population is often challenged with mobility programs. Will there be any kind of van service that might be able to bring people to the programs that they are developed, or some way to have getting people there and bringing them home . Well, specifically for rosa parks and western addition, those are the housing sites that theyre going to access and they dont quite have those same issues in that neighborhood. I do think for bayview, my guess would be and kathy is here and she can answer that this is something that was asked and i think at this point they dont have a bus service, sort of thinking about that. But maybe we do. [laughter] but i know that it becomes needed, i know that either bayview or the office on aging will probably help out in that way. And also, in bayview Senior Center, dr. Davis, theyve had a trial run at this because they have had experience in doing programming in the evening and that hasnt been a barrier as of yet, for that particular center. So but i think there is more information about transportation. Hello again, wanted to add, as part of the initial dignity fund allocation, we did set aside funding for increased daas group van service, so with all the contracts, we ill step back in and have funding to provide doortodoor Shuttle Service for participants. President serina great, thats very important. I also want to hi state your name, please. Kathy, bay services. We run a program called bay view move that helps gets seniors and disabled people around the city and were working with the program to get a van to help the clients get out in the community and we do access para transit a lot to get group van service for the clients to get places. In bayview, they do get out and about pretty well. President serina thats great, because it has been an issue for years. Well, its really an issue in the hope sf sites to get people to get out of their the environment theyve been in for so long and with all the renovation and stuff theyre doing in the hope sf sites. A lot of the people are still used to just staying in their communities, so weve been really aggressive about trying to figure out ways and we have an outreach worker through hope sf that is working with the seniors to get them out. But thats a one by one, a lot of work to get one person to get out of the projects and come into the neighborhood. But were working on that. President serina but having the vans available is huge. We dont have it yet, but were working on it. President serina commissioner loo . Commissioner loo im just wondering, you have the Evening Services, what are the hours for the Evening Service . Well, we dr. Davis center, they go until midnight. We leave them there and they lock up for us. Were thinking 48, because most Senior Centers shut down around 2 00, 3 00, so we want to have our Senior Centers open into the evening, until at least 8 00 and were going to see how it goes. If we have a trust worthy senior who lives in the building, we allow them to keep going, at least at the dr. Davis site. We want to bring some of what we learned at dr. Davis over to the western edition, because they close down early and dr. Davis can keep going forever. Were hoping to bring more energy to that and see if evening programming works in those two sites as well. Commissioner loo the reason i asked is because transportation will be crucial. For safety. They can walk. We may do escorting or figuring out if people need help getting but in western edition, we have a lot of People Living in the buildings that dont get out. You can walk to Rosa Parks Senior Center and there are a lot of senior buildings and the seniors they go inside and hideout. They need to come down stairs and walk across the street. I mean, were not talking a Long Distance for a lot of the people were trying to get out in the western edition, were hoping by really being aggressive about the outreach and offering something in the evenings, theyll be willing to part pates. But we have to see how theyll do with that. President serina thank you very much. Commissioner lang i applaud the intergeneration aspect of the program and even the young kids should be able to walk the seniors back home. So thank you. Exactly. President serina any other comments or questions. Any comments or questions of the public . Hearing none, call the question, all in favor . Any opposed . Thank you, the motion carries. Item c. Excuse me. Requesting authorization to enter into a new agreement with Bayview Hunters Point Multipurpose Senior Services for the provision of Community Services Program Pilot during the period january 1, 2018 and no, im sorry. Item d. President serina rocky start to the new year. Sorry. I didnt even celebrate. Item d. , requesting authorization to enter into a new Grant Agreement with the Community Living campaign for the provision of Community Services Program Pilot during the time period beginning january 1, 2018 and entering june 30, 2020 in an amount of 384,000, plus a 10 contingency of 38,400 for a total amount not to exceed 422,400. Again, tiffany. Community Living Campaign will launch two new programs. The triangle and park. Neither neighborhood has a Senior Center or libraries within walking distance and both have a population of older adults and adults with disability not accessing Community Services. Community Living Campaign will also expand their existing Cayuga Community by offering new programming that is tailored to the needs of younger seniors and adults in the community. Targeting a younger population in the Community Connector model is beneficial in two ways. The first and foremost is that this Younger Group of as this Younger Group of seniors age, they will have created and have in place a community and Supportive Network they can lean on and that can help them to remain in their homes happily and safely. Secondly and equally as vital, this age group can strengthen the Community Connector network by increasing the number of available neighborhood volunteers, which will contribute to the sustainability of the connector model. Because the Community Model is rooted in neighborhoods, outreach will take place in a variety of ways, such as the Community Living Campaign Staff connecting with consumers and providing information at neighborhood events, neighborhood centers, information in neighborhood news letters, and social media such as next door. Community Living Campaign will serve over 500 consumers during this Grant Agreement, and provide 1500 hours of service. I request approval for this Grant Agreement and am happy to answer any questions the commission may have at this time. President serina thank you, any comments or questions of the commission. Just curious, the volunteers you made mention of, do you know where they come from . The neighborhood. The neighborhood. Congregations . Im thinking of a variety of ways, but i know marie is here and she probably could answer a little more eloquently than i can, but my understanding is they come from within the neighborhood. That would be helpful, thank you, marie. I think the value of doing this with the neighborhood taps into existing neighborhoods, so within congregations, within employee groups that continue to meet, neighborhood associations have been an important partner in the efforts, but theyve been a good partner in the sense that this adds a new dimension to what is possible in the neighborhood, handling the social and community issues, the neighborhood associations. Thats helpful, thank you. Commissioner loo dont go away yet, marie. I have a question to ask. Tell me why the range is so high after switch months, from 1,000 to 4,000 . Youre talking about the rent yeah, in our office or . Commissioner loo i dont know, its in your budget. Well, let me just say, i would say it later in the meeting, to me the Living Campaign has just moved to a new office which is at 1663 Mission Street starting yesterday and that space is much bigger, allows for a hub for all of the programming, and it includes the computer lab and training sent. We hope to be able to do leadership training and help develop the model of Community Connectors by adding guidance to other communities that would like to do what is being done in cayuga or other places. Shes pointing out where this is in the budget. The other thing, in the churches, we do offer a contribution to the various congregations for the use of their space, the electricity and that sort of thing. So as the programs expand, it will be higher because of the contribution and now the move to the new space . Right and we have three neighborhoods instead of one. Commissioner loo thank you. President serina thank you. Mer set triangle, mere loma park and cayuga. President serina any other comments . From the public . Hearing none, call the question, all in favor . Any opposed . Thank you, the motion carries. Item e. Requesting authorization to enter into a new Grant Agreement with curry Senior Center for the provision of Community Services Program Pilot during the time period beginning january 1, 2018 and ending on june 30, 2020, in an amount of 291,947, plus a 10 contingency of 29,195 for a totalment in not to exceed 321,142. Thank you, tiffany. For the next Grant Agreement with curry Senior Center, targets three different populations of unserved older adults and adults with disability. The first is the filipino population that identifies ta gallon as their primary language and indicates they do not speak english nor do they participate in curry service programming. Curry will hire a ta gallon speaking Program Assistant and eliminate the language barrier and make programming more accessible to the population. Curry will also increase their hours of operation to include saturday programming that is targeted toward older adults and adults with disability who are not accessing services because theyre not able to attend during typical Community Service days, which are normally monday through friday. For a variety of reasons, including work and family commitments. Curry will launch a new exercise class on saturday to appeal to the population of older adults and adult with disability. Lastly, curry will also expand its lgbtq focus programming that is currently at capacity. Curry will conduct outreach to Housing Properties and senior apartment buildings where it provides health and wellness services, they will outreach within their own Health Clinic and to other service and neighborhood providers. Curry will serve at least 125 consumers annually and provide over 2300 hours of service during this Grant Agreement. I request approval for this Grant Agreement and am happy to answer any questions the commission may have . President serina thank you. Any comments or questions . Commissioner loo im curious what will the silver sneakers do to provide the service to the center . The silver sneakers is the exercise program on saturday. Silver sneakers can you state your name . Toby. Its an exercise program that contracts with instructors in the area, so it depends on who is available at the time. Well be starting with chair yoga, for lower mobility clients and working up to zumba and more high energy programs. Commissioner loo so they have someone come to the center . Correct commissioner loo and need exercises . Yes. President serina thank you. Any other comments. Commissioner loo they come the plan is for every saturday, plus once during the week. Commissioner loo thank you. President serina thank you. Any other comments or questions . From the public . Hearing none, call the question, all in favor . Any opposed . Thank you, the motion carries. Item f. Requesting authorization to enter into a new Grant Agreement with north and south of market Adult Day Health dba steppingstone for the were vision of Community Services Program Pilot during the time period beginning january 1, 2018 and ending june 30, 2020, in an amount of 413,924 plus a 10 contingency, of 41,392, for a total amount not to exceed 455,316. Tiffany . Ok, the steppingstone Grant Agreement is for new Community Service activity programming designed for the lgbtq seniors and adults with disabilities in an adult daycare setting, also known as adhc. This population is frail and at high risk for placement in a Skilled Nursing facility and as a result, this Grant Agreement is distinct and different from the other Community Service Program Pilots presented. Services provided at adhc contribute to the success of those intending to live independently at home. The Service Provided will augment the Services Provided in adhc setting and attract the lgbtq seniors and adult with disability population who have historically shied away from this type of support because of the lack of appropriate and qualified providers. To assure program is appropriate and staff is well trained, steppingstone will subcontract with open house to staff training and staff that is of interest to the lgbtq community. They will outreach to the open house community, including staff, Community Members and Senior Center participants with the idea building a working relationship, trust in the lgbt community. Steppingstone will serve at least 36 consumers and provide 1400 hours of service during this Grant Agreement. I request approval for the grant and if happy to answer questions. President serina thank you, this is a very worth while program, something ive been championing issues along the lines for the lgbt Senior Community for the tenure ive had on the commission and im happy they will be working with open house. Because they do have the expertise, they know how to reach members of the community, they know how to develop the right kind of programming and engender the kind of trust needed. I think this is very exciting and ill be monitoring this one closely. I look forward to hearing how well it does. Me, too. President serina any other comments or questions from the commission . Any comments or questions from the public . Hearing none, call the question, all in favor . Any opposed . Thank you. The motion carries. Item g. Requesting authorization to enter into a new Grant Agreement with selfhelp for the elderly for the provision of Community Services Program Pilot during the time period beginning january 1, 2018 and ending on june 30, 2020 in an amount of 334,299 plus a 10 contingency of 33,430 for a total of not to exceed 367,729. Once again, tiffany. Thank you. Selfhelp for the elderly new Community Service activity programming also includes increasing hours of operation that is targeted toward younger seniors and adults with disability who are not accessing services because theyre not able to attend during typical Community Service hours. Selfhelp plans to actively outreach to the meal consumers. Nearly three quarters of the champ meal consumers are not enrolled in Community Service programming and theyre at high risk for isolation, because they do not obtain their meal in a congregate setting. The selfhelp will take place at the jackie chan Senior Center located in the richmond district, 38 p. M. Monday through friday. In addition to the programming, selfhelp will offer two round trips a day between champ meal sites and the jackie chan Senior Center to ensure participation and alleviate transportation barriers. Selfhelp will serve an average of nearly 1500 consumers and provide 2700 hours of service annually. I request approval for the Grant Agreement and am happy to answer questions. President serina thank you. Any comments or questions . Commissioner wallenberg thank you, the program is a great program. It is my understanding there was need for new partners, do we know where were at in terms of, have those partnerships been filled . I checked in i dont think linda is here today but i did check in with her yesterday and my understanding, there is one starting next week, is that right . Yeah, were opening a third site. We have a second site on noriega, past 19 and the 20 and a third site is opening out in the exsellsier district, i think shortly, like the next week or so. President serina thank you. Any other comments or questions. Hearing none, any comments or questions from the public . Hearing none, call the question, all in favor . Any opposed . Thank you, the motion carries. Item h finally. Dont you feel as though youve in a production. Requesting authorization to enter into a new Grant Agreement with swords to plow shares for the provision of Community Services Program Pilot during the time period beginning january 1, 2018 and ending june 30, 2020 in an amount of 264,210, plus a 10 contingency of 26,421, for a totalment in not to exceed 290,631. Thank you, tiffany again. The last Grant Agreement i am presenting this morning is with swords to plowshares. The new Community Service program is aimed at seniors and adults with disabilities who are military veterans. This population of seniors and adults with disability do not typically access Community Service programming offered by other community partners. Swords to plow share has Extensive Knowledge working with military veterans and their expertise will enable them to create Community Service programming that will be meaningful and impactful to the veteran population. Their new program will take place at their drop in center, where military veterans Access Health and social services. Their new Community Service program will consist of educational and social activities, Group Gatherings and a casual lounge area where vets can converse and engage with one another as well as staff. Swords to plow share will serve at least 150 consumers and provide 1,000 hours of service annually. I request approval for the Grant Agreement and am happy to answer any questions. Thank you, any comments or questions from the commission . Just one. Will the outreach include in the cases where the veterans are not getting any services from the veterans administration, helping them negotiate that, so they can receive any federal benefit they may be eligible for . You mean in terms of the programming . I think swords to plowshares works, they do that at their dropin center, thats part of the services that the dropin center, that includes case management, inhouse referrals, emergency housing, assistance with medical, all those sorts of president serina i was thinking in terms of the target population, i know many veterans on the streets dont get services from the federal government to which they may be entitled. Thats one of the key services that swords to plow shares provide and michael might want to address that. The executive director is here. Thank you. Yes, since we started back in the day, mid 70s, weve always recognized the need for veterans with honorable discharges there are five kinds of discharges, honorable, general, undesirable, administrative, like a plea bargain and two other punitive, one is called bad conduct and d dishonorable. Its the middle that is a source of a lot of it denies as United States said, your eligibility for health care, any kind of care from the v. A. It serves as a barrier to getting a job, et cetera, et cetera, its a lifetime stigma. So weve always addressed that and we would focus on that as we have with the outreach in the homeless encampments and where housing is geared to those not eligible for some of the v. A. Programs, its a separate subsidy. But thats been a big sort of unmet need. We would continue that. President serina thank you very much. Any other comments or questions. Any comments or questions from the public . Hearing none, call the question all in favor . Any opposed . Thank you, the motion carries. Thank you very much, tiffany. I think she deserves a round of applause. [applause] any general Public Comment . None. Any announcement . I have an announcement. Thats our very own tom nolan, who is the special project manager overseeing the lgbtq senior task force recommendations, but also was a long time member of the commission, is being honored on thursday by mta, theyre going to unveil a plaque in his honor at the castro station, 4 00 on thursday, mezzanine level. Hopefully, people will be there to support him then. President serina thank you. Anything else . I just would like to invite the commission, the staff and the Broader Community to an office warming, our new office is located at 1663 Mission Street, suite 525, to locate that, its across the street from the department of aging and adult services. Were Planning Office warming for the 25th of january from 47 at that site. This kind of marks the transition for us. Were celebrating the 10th anniversary this year and were trying to lay the groundwork for the next decade, so were very excited about the new space and we hope youll come see it. I wanted to mention as board member for the seniors disability action, who had graciously shared space with us, theyre also planning a party on the 19th, at their office, which is getting spiffed up, since we left. Theyve been able to clean it up and make it more available to everybody. So their party is on the 19th for 46. So please come on down. President serina thank you very much. Any other comments from the public . Hearing none, with great regret i ask for a motion to adjourn . May i just following up on director mcspadden request, and appropriate request, i look around this room and i see so many people who had relationships with mayor lee. And we are in a season of grief right now. And were trying to navigate ourselves through the grief. He was a very special man, a gentleman. And a friend to many here. And he will be greatly, greatly missed. I had the very distinct pleasure of being one of his First Commission appointments to the Human Rights Commission and i was his last to this commission. Ive always thanked him for his trust. Had the great privilege of working with him in my capacity with the Interfaith Council. He entrusted us with a donation to navigate the first center and we worked with him on immigration and sanctuary to our friends who wanted to come to chrissy field and the citys response to that. And i dont think ive met a Public Servant who has so selflessly, and so tirelessly served his community as mayor lee. I am very confident that history is going to be kind to his legacy and i think those of us who were privileged to serve under his administration ought to be very grateful for the privilege. And with that, mr. President , i would ask if we might close with a moment of silence. President serina thank you, of course. [moment of silence being observed for mayor lee] president serina thank you very much. Meeting is now adjourned. Good morning everyone. Thank you for being here today. I just want to thank all of you for coming and give a special thanks to the va who is here joining us, theyre important partners in this project. The owners of the site, there they are. Thank you for making this site available and for being partners with the city on this and other sites to help address homelessness. We want to thank the nonprofit providers running the site, everybody from dish, if you can raise your hand. Many dish staff are here and providing services on site. Everybody from the Mayors Office and their staff. Thank you very much. This is an important day for sorry and dell seymour. I forgot my other boss, the local chair of the coordinating homeless board along with ralph peyton who couldnt join us today. This is the opening of a new Supportive Housing site in San Francisco to serve chronically homeless veterans, that adds to the 70 units we have, and this is important in mayor lees desire and hope to get i shouldnt say desire and hope, his initiative and order for us to get 1,000 people off the streets during the winter and this is 70 more units of housing to help achieve that goal. We have a few people who are going to give remarks today. First i want to invite beth stokes, the director of Community Services, beth as many of you know has been long time activist and leader in homelessness and used to be the executive director of Hamilton Family center that i used to be the director of back in the day and has done work in Southern California and here in San Francisco. She is new to her job and were happy and blessed to have beth stokes here. Beth, thank you. applause thank you jeff. As jeff indicated, im new to my position and im here to express my gratitude for all of you who have helped us get where we are today. Welcome to the auburn, the new home for 70 u. S. Veterans. applause cheering it is truly an exciting day as jeff indicated. Were deeply grateful for mayor breed for being here, we know its been a challenging time for the city and the city family. So thank you. I want to thank all our partners in the room this morning, there are many. To those who are not with us, to get us where we are. Where we are today in addition to the 70 homes is closer to ending chronic homelessness to veterans in San Francisco. We have 11 veterans who have moved in and one moving in today. Thats great progress. I wanted to loosely quote something i heard from mayor edwin lee that i heard not long ago that was u. S. Veterans fought for our country, they shouldnt have to fight for homes. I was very moved by that and its something i wanted to share. I wanted to acs is proud to be part of the team effort to provide solutions to homelessness in the form of Supportive Housing and ecs will continue to partner in Supportive Housing in San Francisco. For this project, the Master Tenant and lead Service Provider and proud to be part of what is a collaborative effort. With the finish line in sight, in all of our collective efforts to end chronic homelessness for u. S. Veterans and moving closer to a functional zero number is a remarkable accomplishment that requires Great Partnership and the auburn has many. I would like to begin, you know, the planning actually to thank a variety of people, i wanted to start with mayor edwin lees former office of hope and acknowledge that effort and how that started. That has been carried forward with great determination by the department of homelessness and Supportive Housing. I say new but i know its been over a year and a half. Ecs would like to thank the numerous Community Members that helped to make it happen, many in our city family, our city supervisors for support and great effort, veterans administration, thank you. We would like to thank the department of housing and urban development. Hudd has truly been a partner, particularly with the obamas administration, the efforts of the president s wife and call to action to end veterans homelessness. And we would like to thank our local San Francisco Housing Authority and of course San Francisco local home for efforts collaborative. And their work to hold us accountable to get to the zero number. So thank you. And the San Francisco association of realtors. In these partnerships new people step forward and step to the table and were grateful for their efforts and they help us turn a building into a home with their welcome home project so thank you to them. Last but not least, ecs would like to thank dish and their codirectors and their team. The operations of the auburn is a Collaborative Partnership with dish. And with dish, were excited to have the opportunity to work with them. This is our first effort in working with them. Were very excited, we thank them for their continued excellence and continued effort to get us where we are today. Thank you. Our board of directors and the remarkable team at ecs. Along with dish who rolled up their sleeves and worked hard to ensure u. S. Veterans had keys in their hand before the start of the new year. This includes our director of Housing Development and Asset Management and her team. Liz is here in the front row. Anna cooper, and i would like to thank scott ecker, and others leading the Supportive Housing team and i want to invite everyone afterwards, we invite you up stairs to room 302 to look at the accommodations at the auburn. With that, i want to turn it back over. Thank you. applause thank you beth and thank you for acknowledging this is sort of a bitter sweet moment. Many of us are mourning the loss of mayor lee but were grateful and lucky to have the leadership of london breed who is currently our acting mayor and mayor breed has picken up the tradition that mayor lee had of calling me at least once a day laughter when theres a homeless person on the street and needs help. That gives me great comfort, because like mayor lee, mayor breed is leading our city and has so many things to deal with, i cant even imagine but takes the time every day not saying move this person out of here, but hey, i see someone suffering, i see someone struggling, could you please get your team out to help that person. Please join me in welcoming and thanking acting mayor london breed. applause thank you. Thank you jeff so much. Im so excited about being here today. I was with mayor lee when he made the announcement after our First Lady Michelle Obama basically challenged cities all over the country to end homelessness for our veterans. And mayor lee took that challenge very seriously and has really stepped up and pushed aggressively to make sure we as a city not only end homelessness for our veterans, but we do everything we could to provide the Wraparound Services they need to be able to live with dignity. And thats whats so amazing about this incredible place here. 70 homes with supportive services. I know theres been support for veterans for so many years and mr. Simpson, im excited to welcome you today to your home. You served our country and we are now here to serve you. Its the least we can do for people who have put their lives on the line time and time again. And im just really proud of San Francisco for stepping up to the plate and providing the services. Over 150 homes already provided for veterans in the city. We are well on our way to making sure that we end homelessness for veterans. But we cant stop there. We have to make sure that we stick to mayor lees pledge of getting 1,000 Homeless People off the street. Its cold outside. Just imagine what its like to have no place to go. Just imagine what its like to have no bathroom to use on a regular basis. The struggle that we see on our streets are struggles that so many people deal with every day. Its why we have expanded our shelter system and adding 75 new beds to our system so we can accommodate more residents. The creative ways we have to provide more creative ways to get more people off the streets and part of what im so excited about in the work that jeff is doing and the Mayors Office, yes, we have to have shelters, yes, we have to work with different organizations and Navigation Centers and all the options we have but our goal ultimately is to make sure we find people affordable, stable, permanent housing so they can live in our city in dignity. That is really the end applause of where we want to get to. So ill tell you what im really most excited about. Our emergency Navigation Centers, our Behavioral Health sites, the Interfaith Council winter shelter, our heading home campaign, which specifically i have worked closely with with park police station. They have done an amazing job in helping us work with people and connecting them with loved ones and returning them home to other places throughout the u. S. We will utilize every resource possible to work with the folks in the streets to make sure theyre cared for. Just this past week we cut the ribbon on the respite center, people who are out on our streets who are maybe dealing with Health Related issues, where they go to the hospital and then put back on the street and they cant get healthy, when you think about even our own personal lives and you think about when we get sick, we have a home to go home to to get better. Just imagine if youre living on the streets and you get sick and you cant take care of yourself and you dont have the support and you cant stay in hospital for the extended period of time you need. All of these things, all of these things are going to help make our city a better place for all residents and make the quality of life a better quality of life for all residents and as jeff said, its not just pushing people from one end of the city to another, its about trying to find out specifically what is going on with that individual person and what we need to do as a city to wrap around those services to make sure they get the help and support they need which is what people like dell seymour continue to push for every single day. Im picking up the mantal to continue the work that we know mayor lee cared so much about, and here today is a testament to all the blood, sweat and tears to get this job done, 70 peoples lives will be forever changed because of the project. I want to thank every organization and group thats been a part of it. I have a list because it does take a village. It takes a village. And i want to start with the department of veterans affairs, the department of housing and urban development, the San Francisco Housing Authority, delivering innovation in Supportive Housing. Community services, homes for heros collaborative, brilliant corners and the patels basically working with us to allow this space to be used for this particular purpose. Its been amazing, i know its been in your family for generations and you both grew up here. This is an amazing testament to your family to allow us to use this for this particular purpose. Its going to change and save lives. Thank you so much everyone. applause thank you mayor breed. Good thing about being the emcee, i get to come back and say what i forgot to say. laughter its not out of a lack of love and gratitude i forgot to thank my own staff from the department of homelessness and Supportive Housing, margo, randy, emily, chris, thank you for all of the work you did to help make this project happen as well and help the 70 people who will be moving in to the site. We are blessed to have mr. Simpson here today, one of the new tenants of the site and i think mayor lee and many others have said it well, people who have fought for our country shouldnt fight for a place to live. Every individual deserves to have a roof over their heads, certainly the people who have served our country so well, he served in conflict in vietnam and were so happy to have him be part of the auburn community. Thank you for joining us today. applause im elden simpson, being around all you great people its good to meet people who put this all together. And i thank you. applause thank you very much for being here and for your service to the country and for saying a few words. We appreciate your presence here. Im going to close it out with the person who will be managing the site and doing the hard work of keeping the building going, denise works for dish and will be here her staff will be here 24 7 making sure this facility is a decent, safe quiet place for people to live. Shes going to say a few words and then take those interested on a tour. Thank you very much. applause hi everyone. I wanted to welcome everyone here. I did want to say thank you to our fiscal sponsor for being here and supporting us through the project. And i want to thank the ecs collaboration, which is extremely critical and important and that dish is fiercely committed to ending homelessness and the case managers, desk clerks, janitors, people at the ground level to welcome our veterans home. We have 11 veterans were going to wrap this up, i have a movein a little later. Well make it 12. And happy holidays to everyone and thank you for all of your work and collaboration and i am extremely, extremely grateful that the auburn is here. And were looking forward to having the building leased up by the end of february is our goal. Thank you. And whoever wants a tour, well be there. Thank you. applause francisco. My name is fwlend hope i would say on at largescale what all passionate about is peace in the world. It never outdoor 0 me that note everyone will think that is a good i know to be a paefrt. One man said ill upsetting the order of universe i want to do since a good idea not the order of universe but his offered of the universe but the ministry sgan in the room chairing sha harry and grew to be 5 we wanted to preach and teach and act gods love 40 years later i retired having been in the tenderloin most of that 7, 8, 9 some have god drew us into the someplace we became the Network Ministries for homeless women escaping prostitution if the months period before i performed Memorial Services store produced women that were murdered on the streets of San Francisco so i went back to the board and said we say to do something the number one be a safe place for them to live while he worked on changing 4 months later we were given the building in january of 1998 we opened it as a safe house for women escaping prostitution ive seen those counselors women find their strength and their beauty and their wisdom and come to be able to affirmative as the daughters of god and they accepted me and made me, be a part of the their lives. Special things to the women that offered me a chance safe house will forever be a part of the who ive become and you made that possible life didnt get any better than that. Whove would know this look of this girl grown up in atlanta will be working with produced women in San Francisco part of the system that has abused and expedited and obtain identified and degraded women for century around the world and still do at the embody the spirits of women that just know they deserve respect and intend to get it. I dont want to just so women younger women become a part of the the Current System we need to change the system we dont need to go up the ladder we need to change the corporations we need more women like that and theyre out there. We get have to get to help them. S commission, extravaganza, celebration. Sf gov, we are ready to start the meeting. This is the regular meeting of the Small Business Commission Held december 11th, 2017. This meeting is being called to order at 5 32 p. M. 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