Good morning and welcome to the San Francisco county transportation forth. Our clerk is mr. Albertta kintania. Can you please call the role. role call we have a quorum. Next item, please. Item 2, approve the minutes of the december 17, 2019 meeting. This is an action item. Is there any question on december 17, 2019 . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Is there a motion to approve said minutes. On that motion made and seconded, a role call, please. role call the item is approved. Next item. Item 3, election of chair and vice chair for the year 2020. This is an action item. Nominations are now in order for the office of chair. Is there a motion, commissioner xi. I would like to make a motion to nominate erin peskin. Seconded. Any other nominations . Nobody wants the job. Seeing none, we will close the nominations and on that motion made and seconded, can we do that same house, same call im sorry, commissioner furer. I meant to put my name on the next item. Same house, same call. Thank you for your confidence, colleagues and now the nominations are in order for the office of vice chair, commissioner furer. I nominate commissioner mmandelman. Made and seconded by commissioner ronan im sorry, commissioner stephanie, excuse me. Are there any other nominations for the office of vice chair . Seeing none, co nominations are closed and we can take that same house, same call and another year at the sfcta. Mr. Clerk, next item, please. Item 4, allocate 220,000 with conditions and sales tax funds to the San Francisco Transportation Industry for the bike lanes. This is an action item. Mr. Picfer. This is for 220,000 for the smta to conduct outreach and design is construct lanes on anza street from angella. This is from commissioner furer. And outreach will occur starting in the spring of 2020, including individual meetings of stakeholders and receivinging feedback from the community. It will be in english, chinese and russian along the corridor and further analysis will be collision analysis, locations for speed hurricane humps for fe projects and construction will begin in late 2020 and completed in the first month or two of 2021. Thats all i have. So i can take any questions. Commissioner furer. Thank you, chair and thank you for considering this request in my neighborhood. I have been working with many of my residents around Traffic Safety on a number of corridors. Were working on the california and fulton corridors. As the committee had delved into discussions for what safer streets look like for the safety project, one of the needs and suggestions for my neighbors was to look at strengthening bike eastwest conducivety and improving safety on anza. This will look at the crash history, traffic counts, speed surveys and more on the corridor for potential improvements for the corridor, 1. 5 miles from argelo to south avenue. And i know many residents do explore further blocks. I know in my neighborhood the flow of our streets change gradually. We have a bike lane well utilized that we can look to as an example and i look forward to engaging in this process and discussions with my neighbors and stakeholders to hear from them and gather feedback. Thank you. Is there any Public Comment on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed and commissioner furer, would you like to make the motion . Yes. I would like to make a motion to approve this item, thank you. Is there a second for that motion . Seconded by commissioner preston and colleagues, can we take that same house, same call . The item is passed on first read and is there any introduction of new items . Is there any general Public Comment . Seeing none, we are adjourned. Valencia has been a constantly evolving roadway. The first bike lanes were striped in 1999, and today is the major north and south bike route from the Mission Neighborhood extending from market to mission street. It is difficult to navigate lindsay on a daily basis, and more specifically, during the morning and evening commute hours. From 2012 to 2016, there were 260 collisions on valencia and 46 of those were between vehicles and bikes. The mayor shows great leadership and she knew of the long history of collisions and the real necessity for safety improvements on the streets, so she actually directed m. T. A. To put a pilot of protected bike lanes from market to 15th on valencia street within four months time. [ ] valencia is one of the most used north south bike routes in San Francisco. It has over 2100 cyclists on an average weekday. We promote bicycles for everyday transportation of the coalition. Valencia is our mission fits our mission perfectly. Our members fall 20 years ago to get the first bike lane stripes. Whether you are going there for restaurants, nightlife, you know , people are commuting up and down every single day. I have been biking down the valencia street corridor for about a decade. During that time, i have seen the emergence of ridesharing companies. We have people on bikes, we have people on bike share, scooters, we have people delivering food and we have uber taking folks to concerts at night. One of the main goals of the project was to improve the overall safety of the corridor, will also looking for opportunities to upgrade the bikeway. The most common collision that happens on valencia is actually due to double parking in the bike lane, specifically during, which is where a driver opens the door unexpectedly. We kept all the passengers the passenger levels out, which is the white crib that we see, we double the amount of commercial curbs that you see out here. Most people arent actually perking on valencia, they just need to get dropped off or pick something up. Half of the commercial loading zones are actually after 6 00 p. M. , so could be used for fiveminute loading later into the evening to provide more opportunities or passenger and commercial loading. The five minute loading zone may help in this situation, but they are not along the corridor where we need them to be. One of the most unique aspects of the valencia pilot is on the block between 14th street. We worked with a pretty big mix of people on valencia. On this lot, there are a few schools. All these different groups had concerns about the safety of students crossing the protected bikeway whether they are being dropped off or picked up in the morning or afternoon. To address those concerns, we installed concrete loading islands with railings railings that channel channeled a designated crossing plane. We had a lot of conversations around how do you load and unload kids in the mornings and the afternoons . I do like the visibility of some of the design, the safety aspects of the boarding pilot for the school. We have painted continental crosswalks, as well as a yield piece which indicates a cyclist to give the rightofway so they can cross the roadway. This is probably one of the most unique features. During the planning phase, the m. T. A. Came out with three alternatives for the long term project. One is parking protected, which we see with the pilot, they also imagined a valencia street where we have two bike lanes next to one another against one side of the street. A twoway bikeway. The third option is a Center Running twoway bikeway, c. Would have the two bike lanes running down the center with protection on either side. Earlier, there werent any enter lane designs in San Francisco, but i think it will be a great opportunity for San Francisco to take the lead on that do so the innovative and different, something that doesnt exist already. With all three concepts for valencias longterm improvement , theres a number of tradeoffs ranging from parking, or what needs to be done at the intersection for signal infrastructure. When he think about extending this pilot or this still this design, theres a lot of different design challenges, as well as challenges when it comes to doing outreach and making sure that you are reaching out to everyone in the community. The pilot is great. It is a nobrainer. It is also a teaser for us. Once a pilot ends, we have thrown back into the chaos of valencia street. What were trying to do is incremental improvement along the corridor door. The Pilot Project is one of our first major improvements. We will do an initial valuation in the spring just to get a glimpse of what is happening out here on the roadway, and to make any adjustments to the pilot as needed. This fall, we will do a more robust evaluation. By spring of 2020, we will have recommendations about longterm improvements. I appreciate the pilot and how quickly it went in and was built, especially with the Community Workshops associated with it, i really appreciated that opportunity to give input. We want to see valencia become a really welcoming and comfortable neighborhood street for everyone, all ages and abilities. Theres a lot of benefits to protected bike lanes on valencia , it is not just for cyclists. We will see way more people biking, more people walking, we are just going to create a really friendly neighborhood street. The Bicycle Coalition was giving away 33 bicycles so i applied. I was happy to receive one of them. The Community Bike build program is the San Francisco coalitions way of spreading the joy of biking and freedom of biking to residents who may not have access to affordable transportation. The city has an ordinance that we worked with them on back in 2014 that requires city agency goes to give organizations like the San Francisco bicycle organization a chance to take bicycles abandoned and put them to good use or find new homes for them. The partnerships with organizations generally with organizations that are working with low income individuals or families or people who are transportation dependent. We ask them to identify individuals who would greatly benefit from a bicycle. We make a list of people and their heights to match them to a bicycle that would suit their lifestyle and age and height. Bicycle i received has impacted my life so greatly. It is not only a form of recreation. It is also a means of getting connected with the community through bike rides and it is also just a feeling of freedom. I really appreciate it. I am very thankful. We teach a class. They have to attend a one hour class. Things like how to change lanes, how to make a left turn, right turn, how to ride around cars. After that class, then we would give everyone a test chance chance to test ride. We are giving them as a way to get around the city. Just the joy of like seeing people test drive the bicycles in the small area, there is no real word. I guess enjoyable is a word i could use. That doesnt describe the kind of warm feelings you feel in your heart giving someone that sense of freedom and maybe they havent ridden a bike in years. These folks are older than the normal crowd of people we give bicycles away to. Take my picture on my bike. That was a great experience. There were smiles all around. The recipients, myself, supervisor, everyone was happy to be a part of this joyous occasion. At the end we normally do a group ride to see people ride off with these huge smiles on their faces is a great experience. If someone is interested in volunteering, we have a special section on the website sf bike. Org volunteer you can sign up for both events. We have given away 855 bicycles, 376 last year. We are growing each and every year. I hope to top that 376 this year. We frequently do events in bayview. The spaces are for people to come and work on their own bikes or learn skills and give them access to something that they may not have had access to. For me this is a fun way to get outside and be active. Most of the time the kids will be in the house. This is a fun way to do something. You get fresh air and you dont just stay in the house all day. Iit is a good way to exercise. The Bicycle Coalition has a Bicycle Program for every community in San Francisco. It is connecting the young, older community. It is a wonderful outlet for the community to come together to have some good clean fun. It has opened to many doors to the young people that will usually might not have a bicycle. I have seen them and they are thankful and i am thankful for this program. Good morning everyone. Can you hear me . Lets get this party started. Before the sun goes away. Good morning, everyone. Thank you so much for being here with us on this exciting, groundbreaking. Of course, you know, 20 years in the making. Finally we are here, joined by community, our local representatives and leadership. As you know, for over 60 years, we have been at the forefront of providing Community Services, quality programs to our community from cradle to rocking chair. This building here really is a testament to the history and the commitment that we have two this multigenerational community, starting as a Head Start Program , them the house of mission girls, and now, transforming into housing for formerly homeless displaced seniors. [applause] thank you. Yes. Of course, this vision, this dream, this accomplishment, would not have been possible without the fearless leader, santiago. Please let me welcome him. [cheers and applause] good morning. Welcome and thank you all for joining us this morning. I would like to impose on you just for a few minutes, briefly. Just to give some context to the comments that you will hear from distinguished guests this morning that we will take to the podium, starting with the honorable mayor, who had a most beautiful inauguration yesterday very classy, maam. I am not saying it because i was there, im saying it because it was absolutely beautiful. That blue carpet, i have never seen it before. It has always been red. Anyway, thank you very much, everyone. This site used to house one of our head start classrooms and we are providing we were providing services to 60 children, if i remember correctly. The site, over two decades ago, was put up for sale, and it basically, Mission Neighborhood programs were under threat for displacement. We were being evicted. We learned that it was being sold by the owner to none other than pepsi co. Corporation. Pepsico was acquiring both lots, specifically for a taco bell franchise. When we learned of this fact. , we were somewhat alarmed, not just because we are being displaced, but the Economic Impact, the negative and adverse Economic Impact it would have for the 24th street corridor considering the food establishments that are mostly familyowned in the area. So we opted to be bold about this issue and canvassed the 24 th street corridor and interviewed or polled residents, homeowners, tenants, Business Owners, and the consensus was unanimous feedback that we received that we need to remain onsite. So we rallied old friends, friends of the community, neighborhood residents, and nancy pelosi, are tagged no and jim gonzalez, who, in a 90 day period, were able to generate a lot of help from the 24th Street Revitalization Committee. I wont forget. They were able to identify 500,000 that we utilized as a down payment for the acquisition of these buildings. The idea was to make this a Community Asset, and it remained a Community Asset and it will remain it will continue to be a Community Asset as 45 seniors will be able to call this their new home. These are formerly displaced Senior Citizens. Hopefully they will be Senior Citizens who are displaced from the mission and we will say [speaking spanish] [cheers and applause] with this piece of history being shared with you, i want to acknowledge a couple of individuals before the mayor takes to the podium. And romero is with us today. And, thank you. The meres office of housing and community development. Kevin is also with us this morning. Where is kevin at . Did he leave . There you are if i am missing him, my apologies, but these are individuals that throughout the last 20 years were always by our side no matter what. One in particular that started a relationship with Mission Neighborhood centers is none other than barbara. I know she is here. Where is she . [applause] she held onto this project like there was no tomorrow and so we are creating and we are extending or bestowing her with what we call the endurance award thank you, barbara. You are always by our side no matter what. With that being said, i would like to introduce our illustrious mayor london breed. Thank you. [applause]. Thank you. I am really excited to be here today. This is the sixth round breaking in the mission since ive been mayor and i am so excited. It amounts to over 600 new units in this community. And the reason why this is happening at this pace has everything to do with the advocacy of the people who are part of this community, starting way back in 2014 when roberto and others were marching the halls of city hall as we prepared for the 2015 housing bond. In that housing bond, when the late mayor was our mayor, he committed to making sure not only that 50 million in that housing bond was set aside because of the gentrification and displacement of what was happening in the mission, he committed to making sure that we did a better job to pay close attention to this community and to not only build more Affordable Housing, but we worked sidebyside when i was on the board of supervisors to pass neighborhood preference legislation, so that when we build in this community, the people from this community have access to the affordable units in their community. I am so grateful that the work that weve done, not too long ago, is actually, finally being realized. This incredible project of 44 units for seniors and the manager unit is just the tip of the iceberg. Next month, we will be opening 94 units at shotwell, and those are all 100 Affordable Housing units. It is because, again, of this community and the work that continues to get done to make sure that we are getting those applications in, that you are at the forefront of these groundbreaking his and the Community Activities that happen around Affordable Housing. This is how we support and protect this neighborhood for generations to come. [applause] so im looking forward to even more because of this community and because of the voters of San Francisco. Together we passed a 600,000,000. 40 will housing bond last year, the largest in our citys history, and we are hopeful [applause] that with the support of what the 2015 housing bond has yielded and the 2019 housing bond with purchasing properties, we are breaking ground, we are building more housing, we are doing small sight acquisition to protect people in their housing, because when its all said and done, we know that what has happened in our city over the last 20 years has everything to do with the fact that we have not built enough housing in the city for the people who live here and are struggling to live here. That is our commitment. We will work harder, and hopefully with new policies, we will work faster and get more units open sooner rather than later. I want to thank sam and Mission Neighborhood centers for their dedication to this community, not just was housing, but with programs, childcare centers, with everything that you do to look at the entire family and bring people together and provide the wraparound Supportive Services needed. I want to thank mercy housing and Doug Schoemaker shoemaker for being here today and the work we are doing to make this possible. We are so looking forward to seeing the seniors move into this property and become part of the fabric of this Amazing Community. Thank you all so much. [applause] thank you. I would like to introduce hilary ronen from district nine. She has been a long Time Community advocate for the Mission District, formally an attorney fighting for immigrants and workers rights and serving six years as the chief of staff for david campos. Supervisor ronen has demonstrated a strong commitment to the community she now represents and is wholeheartedly dedicated to addressing street homelessness in our district and ensuring Public Safety and all district nine neighborhoods, building more Affordable Housing , and protecting the culture and character of our neighborhood. Please help me welcome district nine supervisor. [applause]. Good morning everyone. What an amazing way to start 2020. [cheers and applause] yesterday we got to go, and i agree with you and sam, to the beautiful, elegant inauguration of mayor breed and we got to celebrate the inauguration and now we get to break ground on 45 units of truly Affordable Housing for formerly homeless seniors. What a way to start the year. What i wanted to say is i wanted to thank santiago and think mayor breed for the History Lesson because we have to understand our history to both learn from our mistakes and to know what we have to do in the future. And what is another little piece of history about this exciting project is that it is the first 100 Affordable Housing complex built on [speaking spanish] that is what happens when i try to makes languages. Since the 1980s. Since the early 1980s. That is not acceptable. Thank you to all the communities for making this happen again. The way that we protect this community is by having housing that the city subsidizes, that the government subsidizes, because we know that nobody but the ultra rich can afford to live in San Francisco nowadays if we dont have affordable units. So it took 20 years to get this going. That is way too long to state the obvious, but what all of these six projects that we have Broken Ground at at the mission, they all happens, they all started a long time ago, which means we need, right now, to be fighting for the projects that we will break ground on in this decades to come. So i am 100 dedicated. I know the mayor is 100 dedicated to it. I know this Mission Community is 100 dedicated to it. We will get it done, just like we did last time. Thank you so much. This is very exciting and its a pleasure to be here today. [applause] thank you, supervisor ronen. We have been working handinhand to ensure that our Affordable Housing vision for this corner, with an unwavering commitment to the cultural character of the neighborhood, becomes reality. Mercy housing has been a great partner. With us today is doug shoemaker, president of mercy housing california, a leading provider of permanent homes and Transformational Services for vulnerable people. Previously doug directed the Mayors Office of housing in San Francisco, the citys engine for financing and developing Affordable Housing. Doug has 25 years of experience generating Affordable Homes and leading initiatives to expand housing access. Please help me welcome mr. Doug shoemaker. [applause] i dont think i wrote that bio. It sounds better than the bio usually use. I will go with that. I also want to add our thanks. It really is an honor to have been asked by sam and Mission Neighborhood centers to partner with them. Having started my career in the mission, i know the legacy that sam and maria and the rest of the organization have in this neighborhood. It really is an honor to be able to participate with you. We see ourselves as working in the service for the Mission District. I really appreciate that, as to all of us. You are right, barbara has held onto this project. She has projects that she loves, some more than others, and this has been a labor of love for her for many years. You deserve a perseverance award as well because this project has not been the easiest one to move forward. There are lots of people who could have contributed to making sure we are here today and we are finally able to get going on creating some new housing. I would not be able to mention everyone who has been helpful. I do want to acknowledge a few people. I saw miguel earlier. He has met big supporter of this project. Our neighbors and amy and a Supervisors Office who has been very important. Our colleagues at the Mayors Office of housing. I want to acknowledge our general contractor. These are not easy times, but this is a good time to be working on this project. [applause] the designs are beautiful. For that we have to think our great architects who are standing behind us. They are doing great work. [applause] we have a number of Financial Partners on this project. It costs money to build buildings, so the National Equity fund are here, from Silicon Valley bank, as well. The Mayors Office of housing provides critical financing. The city provides really important financing to make sure we can serve seniors that are formerly homeless. For that we want to thank the department of homelessness, as well as the department of Public Health. This project is unusual, and maybe some people dont realize that along the way, as we are trying to scrape together enough money for this project, we had something that almost never happens to us is something called us up and said they wanted to give us some money for Affordable Housing. George and evan are here in the front. [applause] this project is the beneficiary of five milliondollar requests from the Betty Ferguson foundation. We were very lucky through steve , who is a longterm attorney that some of you know, he referred them to us and said they wanted to do something to help create more for the housing for seniors in the bay area. We knew exactly where to put the first bit of money for this project and we want to thank them and the Betty Ferguson foundation for that. Thank you so much. [applause] i am almost done. There is a long list of other folks. Im sure i will not mention everybody who has helped move this project forward. I want to say that it really is an honor. I hope that this building, as beautiful as it looks on paper, when were done, i hope we are around to celebrate. As roberto said to me earlier, we will do our best to make sure the folks moving in here are folks who have been moved out of this neighborhood, not there any choice of their own, but because of the incredible pressures that this city is under. It will be an amazing day when we reopen this building. We welcome back folks who have been living in the neighborhood who have been forced out. That will be one of the greatest pleasures that we will all have. I share your wish and i thank you. [applause] thank you so much. Last but not least, i would like to welcome eric. He is a founder and president of [speaking spanish] originally from nicaragua, he has called the Mission District home since 1963. He has been a Proactive Community advocates since 1996 and an Amazing Community leader fighting for the preservation of latino culture district, and against the erasure of the latino community. Please welcome eric. [applause] [speaking spanish] how is everyone . Welcome to the cultural district this is our centrepiece, right in the center of the latino cultural district. We are very proud. I want to thank, of course, mayor london breed and supervisor ronen. Thank you for being here. Sam, it has been a long time coming. It has been 20 years. We have seen several designs, several ideas. Money was there than it wasnt there than it was back. You did it. You had a vision, you followed it, you have the Community Together Community Together to support it. We are very proud for that. We have been fighting for Affordable Housing for a lot of years in the neighborhood. We have reached out to about four or 5,000 people in the area , finding out what their needs their needs are, and all we ever heard from the community was affordability, affordability, affordability, whether it is services in the area, and especially for housing here we are. We are providing that and we are very proud. Thank you everyone. Congratulations to the entire community because it will benefit us all. Thank you. [applause] thank you all. I wanted to acknowledge two things. One, i wanted to acknowledge the board of directors that are here present with us today. Without the support of our board of directors, this would be a lot more difficult and they have been with Mission Neighborhood centers, with sam and part of this vision throughout the decade. If you could stand and be acknowledged, our board of directors. There we go. [applause] thank you so much for your support and your leadership. I also want to acknowledge someone who is here representing Assembly Member david chiu who surprised us with three certificates of recognition, one for Mission Neighborhood centers , one for mercy housing of california, and one for [speaking spanish] acknowledging todays great event. Thank you so much. [applause] finally, i would like to welcome back up to the podium sam who will be giving us our closing remarks. Thank you. [applause] thank you, everyone. I will try to be as brief as i can. I just need to be honest with you. This is a very very emotional moment for me. Bear with me, please. Honestly, mayor breed, thank you for joining us this morning, as well as hillary. This project is basically none other than a team effort. I am glad that layla asked our Board Members to stand and be recognized. I am a blessed man. I consider myself a change agent , a community builder, and when you engage in that level of practice, it is very contagious. I tend to attract people who think the same and to behave the same and to do it out of love with passion. Not because of the money, but because what it represents to our community and to the future of our community. So it has been my board, year after year we questioned, one will this get built . Its not easy. Sometimes i had to sweat it before a Board Meeting because i knew what the questions would be all i could say is bear with me, trust me, it will happen. Its happening now. It wasnt just the board who asked those questions and supported my efforts, it was also community. There wasnt a single moment when i did not receive any support when i called community for help. Whether it was our illustrious neighbor, whether it was the mayor of the mission [applause] or eric, and then, of course, you have individual professionals in this community who believe in what you do because it is for the betterment of your community. So i want to say thank you and i want to ask a special friend whose name i just mentioned, to say a few words. A few closing words. I also want to acknowledge anthony. The number of times that i sought your support in designing this, you were there for us pro bono. Thank you. That is appreciated. But now i would like to ask my good friend, and i have to let you know that he is also my friend. The mayor of the mission. Excuse me, madame mayor, to say [laughter] to please come up and say a few words. [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] its days like this that i feel like [speaking spanish] sam, come here, my brother. Come here. You know what . To your board of directors, and defence of sam, what you did not know is that sam had a 2020 vision. He had a vision this would get built in 2020. So next time you go to a Board Meeting, dont question him, just let it roll. Sam is the man and sam will get it done. [applause] thank you, brother. [applause] i was reflecting this morning and i just want to give a little history and a lesson. This place has been a center of change. At one point, and i saw George Simpson, where is George Simpson at . This was the home for [speaking spanish] which was a drug rehab program. Maria, please stand up. You were part of that. Thank you very much. [speaking spanish] worked with people who at that time were on heroin. Its very hard to work with people who were on heroin. Then you had horizons limited, which went through some changes, and thanks to sam again, he provided a home for transitional for transitions and horizons unlimited, another organization from our community. And then you had the 24th street merchants association. Where is eric . Sam, once again, he gave a home to that space. And then he gave space when carnaval San Francisco was going through transition. And mecca, and then mission grove. And. [speaking spanish] , anyone here from [speaking spanish] where are you at . Thank you. Sam, once again, he gave home to it. So this has been a transitional space for our community, which has a lot of history. Its kind of a bitter but sweet moment today. As i walked over here, because i only live two blocks down, i didnt have to drive or catch a cab or ride my bike or my low rider, you know, but it is, as i reflect back, you know, i honor you, brother. Thank you so much. I know that he did call me a couple of times because some people werent paying their rent i wont mention which organizations, and sam was having a budget problem. I need you to make a phone call, and of course, i would call people up and say go pay sam. And they did. Everybody paid their rent, right that is why the buildings are being built because everybody paid their rent. And the last thing i wanted to share is when he talked about the eviction they are going through, and he did call me, and at that time, we had 24th Street Revitalization Committee which i was part of creating with others. And at that time, supervisor jim gonzalez was the chair of the committee. We did that on purpose because we wanted to hold him accountable to make sure he did some work as our supervisor. It was insane how we were not only able to get 500 thousand 500,000 for Mission Neighborhood centers, but it was a package that we got of 1 million for 24th street. We were able to abide not only this property, but we were able to buy brava, theatre, and Mission Housing was also able to buy a property across the street that was three properties we bought because we got creative with city funding within a short period of time. Can it be done . Yes, it can. We are the creators and we are the intellect. We are the thinkers of change. It takes everybody to work with us, and im glad we have our mayor here today who got sworn in yesterday, and that was sweet to hear santana. I look forward to working with you, to continue the work that we have been doing to build Affordable Housing so that we can have justice for our community who has been displaced and evicted violently. Gentrification in this neighborhood, more than any other neighborhood in San Francisco. Once again, congratulations Mission Neighborhood center and thank you, my brother. [cheers and applause] [indiscernible] thank you. For the record, i was able to spend some time with mayor brown on new years eve and i acknowledge and thank him. He appreciated the reminder. Thank you. Thank you. With that being said, thank you, everyone, for joining us for this historic moment for our community. We all appreciate it and we hope that when we start accessing those units for our Senior Community that you will come back and that you will see this dream become a reality. Thank you very much everyone. Have a good afternoon. Thank you, mayor breed, and thank you, hillary. Please join us for Light Refreshments and coffee right in here. Are we ready . Five, four, three, two, one. [cheers and applause] and our general contractor is going to clean it all up. This is critical work. [laughter]. Yeah. You know what im talking about. Hi. My name is carmen chiu, San Franciscos elected assessor. When i meet with seniors in the community, theyre thinking about the future. Some want to down size or move to a new neighborhood thats closer to family, but they also worry that making such a change will increase their property taxes. Thats why i want to share with you a property tax saving program called proposition 60. So how does this work . Prop 60 was passed in 1986 to allow seniors who are 55 years and older to keep their prop 13 value, even when they move into a new home. Under prop 13 law, property growth is limited to 2 growth a year. But when ownership changes the law requires that we reassess the value to new market value. Compared to your existing home, which was benefited from the which has benefited from the prop 13 growth limit on taxable value, the new limit on the replacement home would likely be higher. Thats where prop 60 comes in. Prop 60 recognizes that seniors on fixed income may not be able to afford higher taxes so it allows them to carryover their existing prop 13 value to their new home which means seniors can continue to pay their prop 13 tax values as if they had never moved. Remember, the prop 60 is a one time tax benefit, and the Property Value must be equal to or below around your replacement home. If you plan to purchase your new home before selling your existing home, please make sure that your new home is at the same price or cheaper than your existing home. This means that if your existing home is worth 1 million in market value, your new home must be 1 million or below. If youre looking to purchase and sell within a year, were you nur home must not be at a value that is worth more than 105 of your exist egging home. Which means if you sell your old home for 1 million, and you buy a home within one year, your new home should not be worth more than 1. 15 million. If you sell your existing home at 1 million and buy a replacement between year one and two, it should be no more than 1. 1 million. Know that your ability to participate in this Program Expires after two years. You will not be able to receive prop 60 tax benefits if you cannot make the purchase within two years. So benefit from this tax savings program, you have to apply. Just download the prop 60 form from our website and submit it to our office. For more, visit our website, sfassessor. Org, first of all, happy new year. Its definitely it is definitely a happy new year indeed for so many people who rely on access to safe, Affordable Housing in San Francisco. It is our number one priority. When we look at the challenges that we face with homelessness and we are wondering why arent we able to do more, it is because we need to make sure that we have housing, we have opportunities to do more. It is why im committed to opening up 1,000 new shelter beds to get people off the streets. It is why im committed to master leasing so many buildings that might be available like the Abigail Hotel where we are standing in, where we have access to 62 new units that will help people who are formerly homeless get a great and safe and affordable place to call home without the social services , so its not as expensive as someone who might need a lot more support and wraparound services. This is what some of us call in this world step up housing because sadly we know there are people who will the goal is to understand what the challenges are. Do they need assistance with Mental Health . Do they need assistance with their addiction . Do they need assistance just to get a job and get back on their feet . Often times, if we are able to transition them out of the shelter, its usually into Supportive Housing where there is a network of people who are there to provide wraparound Supportive Services to get them back on their feet. And the great thing about the bristol in places like the abigail which we are here in today, is those people have benefited from incredible programs and are ready to move on with their lives and are not in need of the social services that they want or are in need of that is great. We have to make sure they have opportunities to move to the next level. That is what today is all about. And really focusing on providing opportunities for people to step up and be in attendance and to be able to take care of themselves is important. We know affordability is challenging. It takes a village to make opportunities like this possible thankfully here in San Francisco we are making investments in acquiring as many units as we possibly can to provide these opportunities. It does take partners like Tipping Point and daniel is here today who has been an incredible partner in raising the money and investing it and providing opportunities for people to get help. Today is an opportunity to do just that. Let me just say that its not just about the abigail where we have 62 units. We are going to be opening another place of 89 units at coast street which will be managed by the Episcopal Community services. One of our leading housing providers. And there are people there who are sadly in our shelters and will be able to transition to those units. That will make room for more people. I think that is what is great about the system that we are setting up and all the amazing partners that continue to work with us to provide these incredible opportunities, and importantly, the building owners deepak patel and sam patel, thank you so much for supporting and working with us here in the city to allow us to work with you to get access to these buildings and thank you to all the Service Providers and the tenderloin housing clinic. I know randy shaw couldnt make it here today, but he is a Firm Believer in step up housing and he has been fighting hard for a long time to make this a reality for people. So when people talk about San Francisco and the fact that, you know, theres homelessness, theres challenges of homelessness, we know that. It is not unique to San Francisco. It is happening all over the state of california. The fact is, we had not done enough to build housing so that we have what we need to get people housed. We just havent. So here in the city we are lucky because people care about making sure people are housed. The 600 milliondollar Affordable Housing bond passed by voters will be a great opportunity to invest in building more Affordable Housing , but we cant build it fast enough. So having access to the abigail, having access to the post street post street site and the bristol where there is another step up housing, those are so important to getting people housed now. So i just want to thank everyone who is here today and all of your work that sometimes escapes under the radar and people are not completely familiar with everything that goes into making an opportunity like this possible. It is appreciated, its going to make a difference for 89 people at post street and 62 people right here at the abigail. Its going to make a difference for so many people and im so grateful we have this opportunity to do just that today. How the person who has helped in our efforts to move the needle on homelessness, who probably every time i call him, and i tell him about somebody, he not only knows the name of that person, with the whole story about their medical history and family, and when they came here and everything else, believe it or not, its a tough job to manage our Homeless Department in San Francisco, but Jeff Kaczynski does it because he cares and because he knows that last year when we helped 2,000 people exit homelessness, thats 2,146 people that are not sleeping on our streets tonight and that matters. Ladies and gentlemen, the director of the office of homelessness here in San Francisco, Jeff Kaczynski. [applause] thank you, mare breed, for those kind words and thank you for your leadership to expand Critical Resources that we desperately need to help People Living in crisis on our streets. She understands that shelters are only part of the solution. We have to create housing opportunities are all types of low income households, especially for people who are experiencing homelessness. Every single night, the city houses nearly 10,000 formerly Homeless People and every week we help 50 people of permanently exit homelessness. However, for every person we help exit homelessness, theres three newly Homeless People coming behind them. Obviously we have a lot more work to do. Housing is a big part of the solution to homelessness. And thank you to mayor breeds focus on leadership on this issue, we have 1700 units of housing and housing subsidies in the pipeline in addition to those that we are celebrating here today. Theres a lot more of these openings to come. Its also really important to remember that behind all of these numbers are people. Each person with lived experience, each person who has struggled with homelessness has a unique story. However, the one thing they all have in common is resilience and courage and taking the steps to move beyond homelessness. Its hard work and its a challenge and it is a great honor for myself and for my colleagues to play a part, a small part really, in helping people overcome homelessness by bringing buildings like the abigail and the post online. Doing this work, i dont want to diminish how hard it is, because it is tremendously difficult, it takes a lot of people, a lot of leadership, a lot of hard work, a lot of funding, so in addition to the mayor, i want to thank other people that she already mentioned, but i want to thank them as well. Of course, i want to thank daniel from Tipping Point. Tipping Point Community is contributing 3 million towards opening the next 300 units of housing including these two sights. Were very grateful for the support that they have given, and also want to thank not only deepak and sam patel, the owners of the post on the abigail. There is more than 3,000 privately owned units that were masterly we are master leasing throughout the city. Theyre responsible for nearly half of the permanent Supportive Housing in the city and they are Unsung Heroes and very important partners. I want to thank them and their colleagues and all of the owners of the board for the 3,000 units that the city is master leasing. And i want to acknowledge all the amazing staff who have worked on this issue, all of my colleagues at the department of homelessness and Supportive Housing, my colleagues at the Mayors Office, the city attorneys office, the Mayors Office of community development, the real estate department, all of these staff work tiredly tirelessly on these projects. Before i took this job, i spent most of my career running affordable and Supportive Housing in texas and in california and i know how hard it is to operate buildings like this and to do the work and turn housing unit into a home for somebody who was experiencing homelessness. These sites operate 24 7 and the nonprofit organizations that run them do an amazing job of helping the people who are struggling to exit homelessness or to move on from permanent Supportive Housing to be successful and to become their best selves. I especially want to acknowledge and thank beth stokes from the Episcopal Community services and everybody who is here. Tabitha and randy who couldnt be here from tenderloin housing clinic. They do an incredible amount of work making these projects happen and we are grateful to them and to everybody else who is part of this. Thank you for being here today. Thank you, jeff. Again, as i said, we cant do it alone. We are fortunate to have an incredible partner in Tipping Point, and Tipping Point provided 3 million to help make this possible, which moves this project along sooner rather than later and to speak on behalf of to think Tipping Point is daniel. Thank you. Thank you to everyone who is making this work possible. We started tipping. 15 years ago with a promise to invest in the best solutions that prevent poverty, including housing, Early Childhood education, and employment. The Silver Lining to the homelessness crisis that we outlined is we know that what it takes to get people housed. That is permanent, Supportive Housing and it works. Over 85 of people who enter permanent Supportive Housing never experience homelessness again. The opening of the post and the abigail exemplifies the role that philanthropy can play in supporting Effective Solutions in partnership with the mayor and the city department. Tipping point is providing 3 million in flexible dollars for a wide range of needs from apartment repairs to new furniture. These are funds that Service Providers can use to do whatever it takes to get units online fast. Mayor breed, thank you for your leadership and your commitment to this issue. I want also think the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development association for your tireless work on behalf of our most vulnerable neighbors. I want to thank everyone who is saying yes to solutions. We can do this, but it will take all of. Thank you very much. Thank you, daniel. Randy shaw has been a serious advocate for step up housing and im really excited that we are partnering on the abigail to make this possible. We also partnered on the bristol , and so these are two incredible properties for step up housing. Here to represent tenderloin housing clinic, since randy couldnt be here is tabitha. Randy sends his regrets. He really wanted to be here today. This is a really special project to him, a special building to him. He counts stories of the history of this building and him as an organizer in 1980 when he organized residents in this building to prevent the then owners from starting a bedandbreakfast in this building and they were successful in doing that. He has very fond memories of that project and his work with this building. We are really excited to partner with h. S. H. And the city to open some additional step up housing. This is a really beautiful building. Sixtytwo units, all bathrooms. We will have a Nice Community kitchen and laundry room and Community Room for the residents here. I also want to thank deepak, the owner, for this partnership and h. S. H. And the mayor for providing this opportunity for the residents that will get to move into this building. And then i also internally really want to thank our director of facilities who has spent countless hours on lots of time already on her work making sure that this building is a success in making sure that this building is going to be a wonderful building for the residents that move in. Thank you. It is also really great to open up places like this because they provide opportunities, and almost every time we do it, Episcopal Community services, they are always at the forefront of not only helping with Properties Like this, but some of our shelters and navigation centers, and so we are grateful for their partnership and their work. Here to represent the organization is beth. Thank you, mayor breed. I got an email last week during the holiday week to see if i was available to participate in an announcement of 150 new homes. I was delighted. I was super excited to start the year off in 2020 with the announcement of new homes for our unhoused Community Members in San Francisco. It is a great way to start the year. Im so happy to be here for this announcement. I want to thank everybody who invited us to be part of the celebration and for the opening of the abigail and the post. Its truly a celebration of homes. I want to stress that. I want to thank the mayor for her continued leadership and unwavering commitment toward Proven Solutions towards ending homelessness in San Francisco. It really takes vision and it takes a community. Thank you. Housing ends homelessness, right we know this. Yet Supportive Housing is a proven intervention for the most vulnerable, chronically unhoused in our community. Providing needed housing and stability for folks to address theyre Overall Health and wellness. Quite simply, Supportive Housing is healthcare. I say that all the time. It effectively reduces emergency room visits, we know this, inpatient hospitalizations for our highest need neighbors who are living in homelessness today Supportive Housing works, as daniel said. Again, we really believe this and we know its proven. Power board and our staff that are here thank you for being here and we are are super excited to partner with mayor breed and h. S. H. And sam patel. Thank you. Eightynine solutions to ending chronic homelessness in San Francisco. Thank you so very much. Thank you. Today we have a resident of the bristol, mitch, who wants to talk about his experience and why this is so important. Good afternoon. Im a tenant at the Bristol Hotel and i would like to emphasize that Supportive Housing does work. I was in Supportive Housing for seven years and i got the opportunity to move to a newly remodelled Bristol Hotel. I love it. Its a home for me. I dont expect to leave anytime soon. Im very happy with the whole process. And anybody who gets step up housing like the abigail is very lucky. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everyone else for being here today and all the folks who helped to make this possible. Again, the solution, as beth said to ending homelessness, is housing. It takes opportunities like this , it takes building faster, and thinking about ways that we can get more creative to get more access to opportunities so we can get people off the streets and we can keep people who are vulnerable housed in the first place. That is our goal. That is the opportunity we are providing today, and i want to thank each and every one of you for being here. Thank you so much. [applause] [indiscernible] growing up in San Francisco has been way safer than growing up other places we we have that bubble, and its still that bubble that its okay to be whatever you want to. You can let your free flag fry he fly here. As an adult with autism, im here to challenge peoples idea of what autism is. My journey is not everyones journey because every autistic child is different, but theres hope. My background has heavy roots in the bay area. I was born in san diego and adopted out to San Francisco when i was about 17 years old. I bounced around a little bit here in high school, but ive always been here in the bay. We are an inclusive preschool, which means that we cater to emp. We dont turn anyone away. We take every child regardless of race, creed, religious or ability. The most common thing i hear in my adult life is oh, you dont seem like you have autism. You seem so normal. Yeah. Thats 26 years of really, really, really hard work and i think thises that i still do. I was one of the first open adoptions for an lgbt couple. They split up when i was about four. One of them is partnered, and one of them is not, and then my biological mother, who is also a lesbian. Very queer family. Growing up in the 90s with a queer family was odd, i had the bubble to protect me, and here, i felt safe. I was bullied relatively infrequently. But i never really felt isolated or alone. I have known for virtually my entire life i was not suspended, but kindly asked to not ever bring it up again in first grade, my desire to have a sex change. The school that i went to really had no idea how to handle one. One of my parents is a little bit gender nonconforming, so they know what its about, but my parents wanted my life to be safe. When i have all the neurological issues to manage, that was just one more to add to it. I was a weird kid. I had my core group of, like, very tight, like, three friends. When we look at autism, we characterize it by, like, lack of eye contact, what i do now is when im looking away from the camera, its for my own comfort. Faces are confusing. Its a lack of mirror neurons in your brain working properly to allow you to experience empathy, to realize where somebody is coming from, or to realize that body language means that. At its core, autism is a social disorder, its a neurological disorder that people are born with, and its a big, big spectrum. It wasnt until i was a teenager that i heard autism in relation to myself, and i rejected it. I was very loud, i took up a lot of space, and it was because mostly taking up space let everybody else know where i existed in the world. I didnt like to talk to people really, and then, when i did, i overshared. I was very difficult to be around. But the friends that i have are very close. I click with our atypical kiddos than other people do. In experience, i remember when i was five years old and not wanting people to touch me because it hurt. I remember throwing chairs because i could not regulate my own emotions, and it did not mean that i was a bad kid, it meant that i couldnt cope. I grew up in a family of behavioral psychologists, and i got development cal developmental psychology from all sides. I recognize that my experience is just a very small picture of that, and not everybodys in a position to have a family thats as supportive, but theres also a community thats incredible helpful and wonderful and open and there for you in your moments of need. It was like two or three years of conversations before i was like you know what . Im just going to do this, and i went out and got my prescription for hormones and started transitioning medically, even though i had already been living as a male. I have a twoyearold. The person who im now married to is my husband for about two years, and then started gaining weight and wasnt sure, so i we went and talked with the doctor at my clinic, and he said well, testosterone is basically birth control, so theres no way you can be pregnant. I found out i was pregnant at 6. 5 months. My whole mission is to kind of normalize adults like me. I think ive finally found my calling in early intervention, which is here, kind of what we do. I think the access to irrelevant care for parents is intentionally confusing. When i did the procespective search for autism for my own child, it was confusing. We have a place where children can be children, but its very confusing. I always out myself as an adult with autism. I think its helpful when you know where can your child go. How im choosing to help is to give children that would normally not be allowed to have children in the same respect, kids that have three times as much work to do as their peers or kids who do odd things, like, beach therapy. How do speech therapy. How do you explain that to the rest of their class . I want that to be a normal experience. I was working on a certificate and kind of getting think Early Childhood credits brefore i started working here, and we did a section on transgender inclusion, inclusion, which is a big issue here in San Francisco because we attract lots of queer families, and the teacher approached me and said i dont really feel comfortable or qualified to talk about this from, like, a cisgendered straight persons perspective, would you mind talking a little bit with your own experience, and im like absolutely. So im now one of the guest speakers in that particular class at city college. I love growing up here. I love what San Francisco represents. The idea of leaving has never occurred to me. But its a place that i need to fight for to bring it back to what it used to be, to allow all of those little kids that come from really unsafe environments to move somewhere safe. What ive done with my life is work to make all of those situations better, to bring a little bit of light to all those kind of issues that were still having, hoping to expand into a little bit more of a Resource Center, and this Resource Center would be more those new parents who have gotten that diagnosis, and we want to be this one centralized place that allows parents to breathe for a second. I would love to empower from the bottom up, from the kid level, and from the top down, from the teacher level. So many things that i would love to do that are all about changing peoples minds about certain chunts, like the Transgender Community or the autistic community. I would like my daughter to know theres no wrong way to go through life. Everybody experiences pain and grief and sadness, and that all of those things are temporary. W year. January meeting of the commission for the department of disability and aging services. Will the secretary please call the role. [roll call] please note that executive director Shireen Mcspadden is present. We ask you silence all cell phones and soundproducing devices. Thank you. May i have a motion to approve the january 10 agenda . So moved. Second. Any discussion . All in favor . Aye. Any opposed . Thank you. The motion carries. May i have a motion to approve the december 4, 2019, Meeting Minutes . So moved. Do i have a second . Second. Thank you. Any discussion . Call the question, all in favor . Aye. Any opposed . The motion carryies. Now item number 4, the directors report, executive director Shireen Mcspadden. Good morning and happy new year. Is this mic on . So i feel like we just met because the holidays kind of sucked up much of december, so i dont have a huge amount to report. I was in washington dc the second week of december which was actually after we met last month. And i was there for the meetings and they are the National Association of area agencies on aging. The december meeting is when we put together the policy priorities for the next year. So we spent quite a bit of time working on that and the issues that came up were the ones that you would expect. Things like aging and homelessness, food insecurity, the big kind of big ticket items and basic needs issues that are kind of hitting older adults across the country. So i think everybody was really saying we are experiencing the same issues. There also continues to be a lot of focus on workforce, both for the workforce issues we have around care giving and gerontology and things like that, but also there was a big focus on the need for jobs for older adults and the need for support for jobs for older adults and advocacy and all of that. So its always interesting to be there and hear from other people across the country and also kind of sobering to realize that these issues are really so widespread and nobody is surprised by that, but really just the stories are really sobering about what people are dealing with. And i think the fact that older adults get overlooked in big conversations so often. So theres a lot of need for advocacy like what we have in San Francisco, across country. The second thing was i think the big thing that happened in december and into january was that i think all of you read about city college, and i believe we actually spoke about it at the last meeting because it had just happened, city college announced they were cutting back on a number of courses. One of the big cutbacks was the older Adult Learning program. And there were 50 of the 58 existing classes were slashed in the budget that city college put out. And of course that meant that a number of classes that were going to start in january for the Spring Semester were immediately cut and people were told those classes wouldnt exist. And so the city was really very interested, the Mayors Office, the board was really interested in figuring out how to preserve some of those classes for older adults. And fortunately because of the fund, we had some onetime only dollars available that we were able to work with the Mayors Office to structure over three years, so we can use onetime only money over three years to preserve some classes. And its only 17 of the 50 that were cut. And the reason we were able to do the 17 is because they happen to be in Senior Centers that we already fund or in centers that we already fund. So we already had a relationship with these sites. We fund them directly. And what this means is we will be able to fund them directly to continue the classes in those sites for three years. And i think its really great that the city was able to step in and do that. Its a little complicated, because moving it from the city college, part of the city College Budget and that structure into a structure where its run by these various Senior Centers is a little complicated for people to figure out. So we are working through the details right now as to what that will look like. But generally speaking, people in the Senior Centers were really excited that their classes will continue. I think in my 17 years with the department ive never gotten so many letters and phone calls about something. It was clearly striking a cord with the population that we serve in San Francisco. People were very upset about the loss of these classes and continue to be upset about the loss of the classes that are not preserved right now. And i know many of you are involved in the advocacy around that. But for right now we were able to preserve those classes. And i also want to say i think that for the Senior Centers that we partner with, this is a big piece of the programming. And to lose that would have been really hurtful. And those classes are a way that people come in the door, and then they are able to access other services at the Senior Center and also maybe Services Later on down the line on our spectrum of services when they need them. And so preserving that seemed to be very important. The other thing im going to do in my report today is to give you the sixmonth update on our action plan when we met back in september, august, whenever i think it was august or september, and we met in closed session, you asked me to present you six months in and give you an update as to where we are with our annual action plan. So im going to do that today. And im thankful to rose who helped me put it together but also who is going to change over the slides. Can we get this on the does everybody have it up on their screen . Okay. So our Strategic Plan goals, if you go to the well, never mind. Our Strategic Plan goals are in front of you so maintain a Robust Network of communitybased services for older people and adults with disabilities, protect older people and adults with disabilities from abuse, neglect and financial exploitation, provide and support consumercentered programming to best address client needs, expand planning and evaluation efforts to ensure best use of resources and maximize client outcomes and then support and develop and engage professional workforce that is prepared to work with older people and adults with disabilities. So our progress to date, so our progress to date is that we have started 48 actions that are currently in progress, and we have 14 actions remaining that will be started in the second half of the fiscal year. So basically we have 62 actions that we said that we would complete during this fiscal year, and we are well into that. And one of the things that im not going to go through every single action, because that would take all morning, and president serina would not appreciate that. [laughter] its difficult to contain my enthusiasm. Right . But i did want to talk about a few highlights. And so im going to go goal by goal and just kind of highlight one or two things in each goal. So goal one, strategy c if you have your plan in front of you, strategy c is to strengthen San Franciscos caregiver network, including enhanced support for Informal Caregivers and supporting a robust provider workforce. Our action was to strengthen processes to enroll and support ihss independent providers. Previously the Service Center was operating in a small office with really inadequate space and we used to have lines down the street, even in the rain and things like that. So this is really better. And its also better because our Service Center, being able to serve providers as well as clients is really exciting and having everybody in one place really makes sense, so providers can learn about other services. Often providers are people who might need our services in other ways. And so its helpful to have that. We have completed the transition to Group Orientation which provides a much more efficient process. We used to do it one by one, and we really didnt need to do that. And we are currently working with i. T. To build a texting system so that we can text people messages and things like that. We are aiming to have the system functional by the end of the fiscal year. And the texting system we have started using with some of our medical programs and its proven to be popular. So while not everybody appreciates texts or gets their news or information that way, we find that its really helpful for a lot of our providers. And goal two, develop specialized resources or strategies to develop specialized resources to address specific client needs and resolve complex cases including highrisk conditions, selfneglect behaviors and Financial Abuse. Our action was to launch the San Francisco home safe program. So home safe launched in july 1 with 773,000 in funds from the state. Its a partnership of Adult Protective Services, the Homeless Department and the institute on aging. A. P. S. And the institute on aging provide Case Management and purchase of services for clients who are at risk. Bay they focus on people at risk of homelessness due to self neglect, particularly those coming through the Homeless Department. Quarterly meetings to support this implementation and to help build and expand upon the partnership. In the first six months, 25 individuals were enrolled and were on track with our proposal to the state. Our anticipated Service Levels for the twoyear pilot are 120 clients. And so the programs going smoothly so far. Then goal three is to strategy c is to ensure programs are culturally appropriate for the diverse lowincome adults and adults with disabilities, including the first lgbtq aging out of the closet. And action was in partnership with the office of transgender initiatives to identify and Fund Services to support transgender older adults and people with disabilities. So d. A. S. And the office of transgender initiatives held stakeholder meetings to discuss potential services, which i think was really valuable for us. And this is a community that we are really learning about and of course a community that has very, very diverse needs. And also is a community that is extremely at risk as probably many of you know and read about or you have friends who experience what its like to be transgender in San Francisco or anywhere, and so we really wanted to learn what do people need, how do people feel safe, how can we really help this population, especially the population of older adults. The focus on services and resources that support connection and engagement, because thats what people really wanted. We put out an r. F. P. , the process has been completed, and we have two contracts coming to you later this morning. We are excited about that. While we are going to continue figuring out what the needs of this community are, we feel like this is a really great start. And from our understanding, this is the first of this type of initiative in the country. And then goal four, strategy c, was to facilitate planning processes and implementation of efforts to promote inclusion of older adults and people with disabilities within the broader city community. Action two, launch a San Francisco reframing aging campaign to reframe Public Perception of aging. Many of you were involved in this with us, so its been great. I think the community has really taken up the cause of reframing the campaign ran from october through december with public messaging and advertisements and hopefully all of you saw them through the the city. I think our media people did a great job of distributing the wall scapes and the light poles and all the things across the city. But we also had a robust social media piece too. We are now reflecting on the campaign and really thinking about what the next steps are. We had 3700 people so far take the pledge to end ageism online. We still have more coming in. I talked to people this week who said they were going to take the pledge. Im not sure if they have, but thats continuing to build momentum. We will be reconvening a Stakeholder Group to discuss phase 2, focused on increasing Public Awareness of services. If you remember our first phase was to reach out to the general public and say ageism exists, lets think about this together. And then the next phase is to say hey, atmosphere there are services here that are also there are services here that are really great that an older adult could use, all of that. And thats where we are now. And then the goal five was to sorry, strategy b was to explore strategies to develop and operationallize an equity framework. Our action in this case that we are highlighting is train Adult Protective Services on principles of traumainformed systems and create a staffdriven committee to create a plan for applying principles and practice. So staff have been trained on traumainformed systems and d. A. S. Has two certified trainers on staff. A. P. S. Started a traumainformed system staff group to implement the principles. The real reason we did this, and this is a Movement Across the country, but in San Francisco, its being rolled out across the department of Public Health, and we want to do this in the same way with our direct services staff. And staff are working with people who experienced much trauma and are reexperiencing that trauma. And Staff Experience secondary trauma. Some of them have experienced trauma in their life as well and they are dealing with people in trauma all the time. And its like how do we give staff the tools to really handle that in the way that its healthy for them and where they are taking care of themselves and where we are helping to take care of each other. So its been really i think staff have had really i think positive reaction to the training, and we are working through how to really bring some of these principles into practice, because its complicated, and people are really businessy and busy, but its important to maintain a healthy climate with our staff. And so in our areas of focus january to june, so we are always using the Community Needs assessment to help inform where we need to move. We have thought a lot about equity issues in San Francisco and how we serve people who are serving, who we are not. So one of the things that we learned from the Community Needs assessment is that latino caregivers, adults with disabilities and lgbtq and communities of color are not using our Services Sometimes not using our services in the same way. So we want to convene Community Leaders to discuss service utilizeation and equity concerns and really get Good Strategies from the community about how to do better outreach and maybe how to either design new programs or at least make our programs more accessible for the broader community, and we really have good information. And i want to thank rose and her team for doing the deep dives they did so we have the information and we can say now we know who we need to talk to, and we are going to convene those groups. We have a focus on strengthening outcome object is in partnership with our Community Partners. Just had a conversation about this this morning. I think its complicated because we are asking people to collect data. We want to know, of course, that our programs are impacting people in the deepest and in the best way possible, and yet we are asking our Community Partners sometimes to collect more data or use the systems. How do we balance all of those things together and to get to the best understanding of what impact our programs are having out there. Deep dive reports, we have had some great information, but we will be looking at Legal Services trends in asianpacific islander populations specifically, establish the communitybased conservatorship unit to implement the program we have been talking about and you have been reading about in the paper, and conduct Public Information campaign and develop enhanced outreach path for the community to increase awareness of services, which i just mentioned. So thats kind of the big to do in our second half of our year. Thank you. Any comments or questions for shireen . Martha . Especially around first of all, thank you for the work you did around trying to save as many classes as you could. It seemed like the most appropriate things to do was save the ones that have to do with our Senior Centers. Will the goal of trying to get more of these classes back or that be incorporated into our overall goals . And they sort of are. So i get that they fit into many of our objectives, but im just wondering if there will be a strategy for that to try and identify ones that might be good for our new model, that kind of thing, and try to bring more into the Senior Centers . Im not asking for a specific answer today but just kind of in this context will there be some work on that . I think there are going to have to be conversations around what fits best into our Community Services bucket. So right now, we have preserved these classes for three years. And im sure there will be many discussions in the community about what the best approach is and all of those things. Right now and we didnt do actually any research about where classes should be. We just said right now we are going to preserve the classes where they are. And there has to be a lot more conversation, but its a good question. I imagine so. So thank you for that work. Thank you. The issue of secondary trauma is a huge one. And im just wondering, the training program, is that coming out of the department of Public Health . What resources are we drawing on . Yeah, the department of Public Health took the lead on it and continue to. There are other resources they have brought in. They have brought in consultants to work with them but initially the money was from them, but we can also support it and will continue to. Thank you. Shireen, thank you, that was very comprehensive and a great deal has been done. I have a few comments or questions. Regarding a. P. S. , have we developed we have some programs, and have we been able to enhance the programs that reach out to banks and neighbors and Law Enforcement if they spot any potential signs of abuse . Because often they see them first before they become apparent to other people. So, yes, and im going to ask joel, Deputy Director who oversees a. P. S. And ihss and the guardianship programs to answer that question thank you. I did not see you. Our a. P. S. Director. Good morning. Adult protective services. We provide training on reporting to them. We also have a Financial Abuse unit, and we work with Law Enforcement. And we are also participating in a pilot where we are engaging, interacting with banks so they can report directly to us, some of these concerns, so we can take immediate action on those reports. Thank you. Its very important. And as i said, often the last to know are the people who are immediately affected or most concerned. And often the abuser is a relative. So its very challenging. But thank you. A couple of other questions. While we were just last week, the Mayors Office announced budget cuts. And we have a very ambitious slate of programs, many of which are new or expanded. And do we have any sense yet of how the suggested budget cuts or recommended budget cuts will affect us . So i think as you know, commissioner, usually because we are h. S. A. , and we have a large agency budget, we have those conversations across the three departments of the agency. So we have not yet had that conversation. Part of it is i have not had that conversation and part of it is because i was out sick when we were meeting. But we will definitely be thinking strategically about how we do that. One of the things when we think about the expansion of programs is because of the growth of the dignity fund, and at this point the dignity fund is not touched by those cuts. It could be at some point, but right now thats not on the table. And so we can continue working with the money that we have. And so we are doing that. I know the dignity fund at the moment looks like its going to be preserved. But it can change. Theres always wiggle room. Okay. Well, thank you. Any other comments . Commissioner loo. I read in the paper that the city is asking for funds to help with the Community College classes. Is that true . And also would there be a continuation . Thats what i was referring to as the money we used onetime only money, and we are spending it over three years. But its onetime only money. So its not money that is allocated into the future. We already had an allocation plan that has already been approved. The fouryear allocation plan that we brought before you. So this is money that didnt get spent in this fiscal year that we are able to structure over three years. So its the 216,000 per year over three years. Yes. Its for the classes that are specifically at the Senior Centers that we fund. Thats what that is. Okay. And in the future, if the city cant come up with the money, and they will ask us to use to get the dignity fund to help out im just asking a question. A very good question. Its an ongoing conversation. Thank you. Thank you very much, shireen. Thank you, commissioners. The next item on the agenda is employee recognition, the daas commission. Thank you, rose. The daas commission and executive director Shireen Mcspadden about honor maria morabe from the d. A. S. Office of inhome support services. Come on, maria. You look so excited. [laughter] so excited to be honored today. Come on up. Thank you. Its all good. So, all right. So maria is from inhome Supportive Services. And i would love for all the inhome Supportive Services staff to stand if possible. [applause] so ihss is d. A. S. s biggest program. And its literally over half of our staff. And one of the things ive learned about ihss over the years ive been here is that things are never static, right . You think you have caring, or you are doing intake or you are doing reception or you are doing clerical work, and thats your job, but actually what happens is theres change constantly. The state is always saying now do it this way, now do it this way. So one of the big things we are doing this year is electronic verification and that is a huge change. Because i know im preaching to the choir but im actually saying this for the public, and thats that electronic verification is a huge change for providers and for clients. And it means that people who hadnt used Electronic Devices before have to learn to use them. And in San Francisco, we know that a lot of older people and people with disabilities are victims of the Digital Divide and they didnt get brought along when the rest of us did. And there are a lot of people in the community doing a lot of work around that, but we are suddenly hit with this need to put 45,000 people onto this new system. And so i want to thank all the ihss staff and also our contractors who work with ihss like the Public Authority and home bridge, for coming together and working on this. Its a huge lift. But we are going to get there. So with cristas leadership, we are definitely going to get there. So, maria, i wanted to say that first because i know that you have been honored and you are being honored this month in the midst of all this work that is happening around you. And you have risen to the top. So im going to read what your coworkers have said about you. Okay . So maria morabe is a very exemplary and professional employee who is worthy of being recognized as employee of the month. She knows her job well, is highly organized and managing her time effectively and consistently performs a large volume of work accurately and in a timely manner. She works very well with her peers and takes interest in learning and shares her learning with her peers. You have a great attitude and treat providers and recipients with compassion, dignity and respect, providing them highquality Customer Services while addressing their unique individual needs. In addition, she has been designated by the ipac supervisor to train existing and new. What does it stand for . Independent provider assistance how to process moment verification. She has coached her peers and equipped them with how to process different kinds of employment verifications. So you are highly regarded by your peers and your supervisor and you are a great resource and support to the rest of ihss and to clients and providers. So thank you so much. [applause] on more of d. A. S. , you are our employee for the month. Thank you. May i say a few words . Of course you may. I have the copy in my hand. I dont want to miss anyone. So first and foremost, thank you to my heavenly father, my family and friends for being here today, a special thank you to the special someone who nominated me, my direct supervisor for endorsing the nomination, our management team, the executive director, of course, and our Deputy Directors, program manager, program director, thank you for your selection. Thank you to the commissioners for allowing us this time to present the employee of the month, 11 months of the year, and the manager of the year in december. And to all of my supervisors past and present, i have four, one direct and three. And our temporary staff and the clerk and lastly but certainly not least, my fellow Human Services technicians, because we have been through a lot in the four years that ive been with ipac, and we have helped thousands of independent providers and recipients transition to the electronic verification process, the electronic time sheet system. We have mastered the employment verification process, we successfully conducted the Group Orientation at 77otis. We have adjusted to our new Service Center, and of course our new schedules, because we rotate various tasks every day. Im blessed to be part of a team thats made up of smart, caring, hardworking and generous people who support one another and enable coworkers like myself to volunteer at various committees and promote inclusion and self care. Since its still early in the year, i want to wish everyone a healthy, happy and productive prosperous new year. Thank you all for your kind attention. Thank you. [applause] [applause] thank you. The next item on the agenda is the Advisory Council report. Welcome, diane lawrence. A little bit different mic. Good morning, commissioner, president , commissioners, director mcspadden. Happy new year. Last month i was at the meeting which why i was not here, so i will give you a report on that tac meeting. Since the council didnt meet in december, i thought it might be advantageous to just kind of sum up what we had done in 2019, because the council worked hard, and i think we have accomplished some things that i hope you will be pleased with. So our first we will get to legislation in a minute. But we basically we began tracking over 50 bills at the beginning of the year, and we settled into 46 by the end. 19 of those bills were signed by the governor, six were vetoed and ill give a report to bridgette, i listed all the veto messages which i promised you back in october. There were 11 bills where no action was taken, and i think we may see those come back, and well know more when we meet next week. And then there are ten under submission that could also come back. The legislators released their priorities for the coming year. And so well see where that goes. Well have a better idea when i report in february. We filled one commission vacancy. We still have two openings. Two board of supervisors seats were filled by the year end with a third pending. So that leaves us and there are four Commission Seats and five board of supervisor reappointments to be made in 2020. So we are hoping to get the Commission Group together as one package, and then see if we can work with the board of supervisors and rules committee to present all of those at one time so we are not dribbling and then we are reaching out to the two supervisors where we have no representation yet. So thats kind of the plan. So keep your fingers cross. We completed ten site visits last year. So i wanted to make sure that when we do it month by month, it doesnt come out quite as large. And i was kind of amazed at how well we had done. The nutrition sites that hadnt been visited in the recent past have all been assigned and prioritized for this year. Well begin reporting on those in february. Pedestrian safety committee, as i was in my november report, i was on vacation then. Provided a preliminary report, and council decided to continue this work in 2020. And we are going to add paratransit, and well get oar transportation issues as well. And we have focused right now on five topics for the year. Like we did last year. The first is census 2020. We are inviting a speaker for january. The master plan for aging and the alzheimers subcommittee, which dr. Ailman who is on the council and on the state commission, is a part of continuing our pedestrian safety, looking at housing, and then the whole issue of isolation. So those are our targets for 2020. Thank you very much. That was very comprehensive. Any comments or questions for diane . Thank you. The joint legislative you will have one next month. I think we have our first Advisory Council meeting next wednesday. And you are back for tac . I am. So we had a robust meeting in sacramento on december 3 and 4. We have the meeting dates for the coming year. They will be in late february. And they will coincide with the advocacy day or capitol day with the legislature. We will meet in may to coincide with senior rally day on may 11. The october dates, we think that should be close to when master plan for aging comes out. So and then in december we always meet the first week. So we talked about the master plan for aging on the engaged california website theres a way to sign up for updates on the master plan and that url is in my report. The department of aging at the state level is launching wednesday webinars that anyone can sign up to discuss the highpriority topics for the master plan. And one can sign up for the webinars on the website. The commission on agings website has linked to the Stakeholder Advisory Committee and subcommittees, and the subcommittee reports are due at various times during 2020 and then will be consolidated into the master plan. There was an Elder Economic forum which commission spears participated in, and there was a white paper presented, if i read my notes correctly, on Elder Economic issues. The p. S. A. S all have to report and then theres some general reports and im not going to go into details. But what basically came out in those of us that were there, the focuses have been on the census. Wildfire safety and emergency planning. The master plan, there are some big changes coming in l. A. County and l. A. City because we know how massive it is and how they structure their p. S. A. S and and seeing how the county and cities can work together. And then theres focusing also on homelessness, shared housing. Future topics that well be talking about are shelfstable foods, Adult Protective Services, Public Benefit and care giving. We had a presentation on the California Healthy aging initiative from the California Department of Public Health. And this is to align resources with focused leadership. Its a Program Within the department to coordinate and develop a healthy framework for california. They are looking at the Healthy Brain Initiative and there were two in rural counties, three in urban counties. They are also looking at a way to set up a unit just for addictions, not just opioid but alcohol, gamble, any kind of addictive behavior and handle it as one. The goal is to launch this in october. We also had a presentation on creating a welcoming environment for all. And it was presented by the friendly visitor coordinator for the laven darr Senior Center in east day. This was formed in the mid 90s. It addresses some of the issues that shireen just spoke about with the Lgbtq Community. And they have two major programs, friendly visitor program, working with Community Volunteers to visit isolated seniors with the goal of visiting the isolated seniors at least once a week and safe and visible design for healthcare workers to make the community more comfortable and speaking appropriately with lgbtq seniors. This program and their training is posted on their website and available to anyone. We also had a very thorough presentation on census 2020. It is wellfunded by the legislature as commissioner pappas knows. I want to say april 1 is camp day, so youll be hearing more about that. Complete count is very important. The other issue that is theres a lot of concern, i think, around two things, one is citizenship questions, and there are none. There are nine questions which are already available online. And theres a lot of worry about Cyber Security and hacking, and the Census Bureau is taking that seriously and is working diligently to make sure the data is secure. I want to say there was over 20 million. There was a lot of money the governor put in the budget. Our last presentation was by helping communities prepare for natural disasters. Its a program that started in june last year in collaboration between the state and communitybased organizations with 50 million in funding. And the goals were to include a sociallydiverse and isolated communities to bolster resilience and empower selfs for safety. 24 counties were given grants and Catholic Charities made the presentation had contracted with eight. One of them was San Diego County, and we had a representative from San Diego County speak to us. They have done things like alert San Francisco, much like we have with 311 where they can alert folks with text messages. A reverse 911 where theres emergency call and then goto bags, what do you need . They have put together door fliers for Contact Information and what the presenter spoke about has allowed people to begin to think about those issues and have conversations within their families. They have put together training curriculum and the types of emergencies talked a lot about smoke detecters, especially in wildfire areas, earthquake preparedness. They are very specific, and they are trying to make them culturally specific as well. They have completed the top ten tips have been completed in san diego, and they have modified it from Imperial County because Imperial County is more rural. Our next meeting is at the end of february. Thank you. You have certainly been business. Thank you very much. Any questions . Any questions or followups i need to do . Okay. Thank you. Next up is the longterm care coordinating council. Kelly dearman. Welcome. Good morning, commissioners, president serina, happy new year, everyone. I am going to give the report from the december longterm care coordinating council meeting. The big news is that we have a new ltccc member who will serve as the Second Department of Public Health representative. It is alex jackson, and he is the Deputy Director of adult systems of care at the Public Health Behavioral Health services. And because we like to put people to work immediately, he will also serve as the cochair of the Behavioral Health workgroup. So at the last meeting in december, of course, we had updates on the master plan efforts and master plan on aging, and in particular we had a robust discussion about how we can encourage the consumer perspective and Stakeholder Input throughout the whole process. So many people that we want to make sure can participate so that voice doesnt get lost. We had a discussion about census 2020, in particular since so much is being done online, we want to make sure our older adults and people with disabilities are count. We talked about the dignity fund. And we had a presentation on accessible Transportation Services, and i understand you are going to hear that. So i wont give it away. And we had a meeting yesterday, but im not ready to report on that. Thank you. Thank you, kelly. Any questions or comments for kelly . Thank you very much. The case report. Good morning, commissioners. Happy new year to all of you. Case members enjoyed a very Festive Annual Holiday Party last month. It was actually the largest turnout that any of us could remember, all enjoying fine food and beverage, good philip and a shall we say very spirited White Elephant gift ex change. A good end to the calendar year. Last month we submitted our formal funding request to director mcspadden for budget year 2021. It will be the letter itself will be included in the report that you will receive from bridgette. The total of the request is 1,468,956, which is somewhat higher than the previous amounts that i spoke of last month in summary. That was due to as we were preparing the final draft and reviewing the realities of the cost of doing business in San Francisco were looked at as well as wanting to aim to achieve optimum results for our seniors and people with disabilities. Just to summarize the ask includes five categories, aging and disability Resource Center Salary Equity in the amount of 213,000, outreach campaign, which would include funds for individual agencies to do their own outreach as well some funding for our getting there together event 2. 0, which is scheduled for september 13. The total for that item was 400,000. Isolated lgbtq seniors, efforts to reach and engage this marginalized population, 295,000. Trainings for agency staff, to better equip them to do the work that we do, topics that were suggested, this is not finalized by any means but include ableism, compassion fatigue, budgeting, et cetera. And that was for 60,000. Behavioral health support, this is an area where most of that increase from the amounts in my report last month were, to include two clinical staff, so two psychologists to rotate among Service Centers, not only assessing and dealing with individuals but also training for staff to better equip them to do their work on a daily basis. The total for that is 500,000. At this months meeting, which is monday, this coming monday, particularly note worthy for two reasons, one is that our featured presenter is louise aaron erinson, professor of geriatrics and author of the New York Times bestseller elder hood, which i highly recommend. We are really excited to have her joining us. The other reason of note is that this will be the first, the case meeting will be followed by the first dignity Fund Service Provider workgroup meeting under the new leadership model which will have Dignity Fund Coalition coleading the four annual meetings. At this meeting, Melissa Mcgee from the office of Community Partnerships will be presenting on the dignity fund data and evaluation report. And then we hope to have time for a significant conversation discussion with attendees on what they want to see on the agenda for these meetings Going Forward as well as envisioning what they see this group being and becoming. So we look forward to that very much. Next month, we will have a Transportation Panel presentation with representatives from s fm ta and transit riders talking about current Transportation Resources for seniors and people with disability as well as efforts, advocacy efforts Going Forward. We are looking forward to this quite a lot as transportation has been and remains one of our primary areas of concern and effort. And in march, we will have someone from the census back again just prior to that, because we agreed it is quite important. And also we are looking forward our board is looking forward to next month a board retreat. Its been a couple years since we had one, and we are finally able to schedule most of a day to really get down and do some looking at Strategic Planning as we go forward. I want to close with a sincere thank you to director mcspadden and the commissioners and everyone that was involved in helping restore the elder Adult Classes that we were able to maintain. This will remain one of our areas of attention. We will be working with Dignity Fund Coalition about advocacy efforts towards the other classes and looking in the future. So we look forward to working with you on this very, very important topic. And that is it. Any questions i may answer . Thank you. Any comments or questions . Thank you very much. Item number 5, any old business . New business. The San Francisco municipal transportation agency, paratransit presentation, erin mcauliff. Hello, commissioners. Erin mcauliff is under the weather so i will be giving the presentation in her place. And you are . My name is jonathan chang, im a paratransit planner and i work in the Accessible Services department at San Francisco municipal transportation agency. Sorry. So it is a part of the Taxi Services division at m. T. A. We help manage several programs, including the Paratransit Program as well as the discount office, and we help oversee the m. T. A. On various aspects of accessibility projects throughout the city, including the capital projects, bike projects, pedestrian projects as well as emergeing mobility. So what is paratransit . It is the doortodoor Transportation Service as available to a. D. A. Eligible riders. Currently m. T. A. Contracts out to the administration of the daytoday service. So it is responsible for the a. D. A. Eligibility certification process. They are responsible for media sales, Service Quality monitoring as well as customer interface. We also provide transportation for the Paratransit Program. They are the provider are the access service. They also contract out to every taxi company in the city to provide taxi service to paratransit riders as well as to two nonprofits to provide service for our riders. So in order to qualify for paratransit an individual has to be unable to use the service some or all the time due to a disability. They have to First Complete an application and once they submit the application, the application is then reviewed by a certification analyst. The analyst may call the individual in for interviews to go to maybe elaborate more on their able to use the service as well as to verify some of their health conditions. Based on all this information, the analyst then makes a determination as to whether or not someone qualifies for paratransit. If the individual doesnt agree with the determination, they can appeal that decision. So s. F. Access is the prescheduled a. D. A. Van service. The van service is comparable to muni. So it has the same hours as well as the same service area as muni. So the van service operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. It serves the entire county of San Francisco, northern san mateo county, Treasure Island and the marin on the weekend. The individuals can reserve a trip up to seven days in advance. The second mode of transportation that we provide to our eligible riders is group van. This is Group Transportation for a. D. A. Eligible riders going to and from a single location like employment work site as well as d. A. S. Funded nutrition programs. All the routes are prescheduled and are done in coordination between the Service Providers and social service agencies. And we have three providers, including two nonprofits. On the third transportation mode we provide are taxis. Every taxi company participates in our Paratransit Program in acore dance to the citys transportation code. In addition to the fleet of suvs and sudans, there are 40 Wheelchair Accessible taxis available. Riders are issued a debit card which they can use to pay for the meter fare or taxi trip. The taxi trips are a subsidy. The we provide a subsidy to the user. For every 6 the rider gives we put 30 of value on to the debit card for them to use to pay for the meter fare. One of the more recent initiatives we have taken is the launch of mobility magnet center. This seeks to serve as a onestop information and Referral Center for older adults and individuals with disabilities. We understand that in the city theres a lot of transportation that can be overwhelming to anyone, especially someone who is new or who has a new doctor. So we are trying to provide for individualized, one on one training and assistance to older adults and seniors and people with disabilities. In addition to all the a. D. A. Programs, we have several programs that are administrate and provided through the Paratransit Program that doesnt require a. D. A. Eligibility. One is a shop around program. This provides transportation to and from Grocery Stores for seniors and people with disabilities. Another one is the go service which provides food transportation for seniors and people with disabilities to go to cultural and social events to help reduce social isolation. And the Third Program we provide is paratransit plus, which is a taxi program that is available to riders who may not qualify for paratransit but may have difficulties for certain trips in which taking the bus isnt the most optimal means to getting to their destination. So we do provide travel training, both Group Orientation where we talk to a group, we help, we provide an overview of the features of muni as well as trip planning tools that they can take advantage of as well as individual travel training where we work with the individual one on one to help them, familiarize them with the bus route they can take to go to frequent appointments. We are also dedicated to incorporating more technology in communicating with our riders about our services and such. We partner with slide wheel to allow our paratransit taxi riders to use their app to request a taxi. In particular, if you are a wheelchair user, you can specifically ask for a wheelchairaccessible taxi using the app. We have launched a taxi online portal, which allows for paratransit taxi riders to pay their portion of the taxi of their taxi debit card as well as view their trip history and report lost or stolen cards through this online interface. And we have two advisory committees who advise the m. T. A. Paratransit about the accessibility issues that they face throughout the city. One of them is the paratransit council. This is comprised of paratransit riders, Service Providers and communitybased represent i haves. They advise the m. T. A. On Service Quality issues with paratransit as well as help assist us in policy development. The second one is the multimode accessibility advisory committee. They advise the m. T. A. On accessibility issues regarding the munis fixed route as well as bike and pedestrian projects. And im going to turn the floor over to staff who will talk about the project and their communication with the public. Thank you. So im going to just touch on briefly state your name. My name is stefani morales, im a Public Information officer with m. T. A. And i handle communications for the van ness Improvement Project. Im just going to go over what the van ness Improvement Project bus stops are currently and sort of the consolidation process that has gone on there. So as you can see, we have 11 permanent stops that are a result of the consolidation process that really began as early as the Environmental Impact study. This was long before the construction happened. But this has been in project planning for a long time. And outreach about these changes happen throughout the process of the implementation of the bus stop consolidation. But a lot of the main outreach also happened in 2016 prior to construction to make sure that the public knew these changes were going to be coming. And so some of the reasons for bus stop consolidation really is to we essentially removed four bus stops that are going southbound and five bus stops that are going northbound. And the purpose of this is to really help maintain the traffic circulation during construction as well as Transit Service reliability and efficiency. And the selected stops were chosen on various criteria. Some of that is including walking distance. We wanted to make sure that there was stop spacing, street grades, transit connections that were being accommodated, as well as existing passenger usage. And as far as meeting the needs during construction, so as a lot of you might know, bus stops, temporary bus stops can change depending on when construction might be impacting these bus stops. So what we provide, and its the first time we are doing it with a project with m. T. A. , is temporary bus stop platforms to help provide all of our customers with accessibility as well as temporary benches. So we do move those along with the temporary bus platforms as needed. We also have office hours, which gives us the ability to have the public come to us and let us know of any issues regarding not only bus stop changes but anything else concerning the project. We also have a 24 7 project phone line and this is something that we put on our website that we distribute in a weekly newsletter that is in newsletters that we send out to members of the public, especially those that are along the van ness corridor, so that they can call this number at any time with any concerns, including concerns about bus stops or any changes. And temporary bus stops always have to be within 250 feet of the original stop. We also alert the public of these stops with signage along the corridor. So this is just some of the ways that we are addressing the bus stop, the temporary bus stops that can be moved at times because of construction impact. And thats mainly what i had to say about what we are doing in regards to construction right now. So i think i will be passing it over to my colleague, sandra who will be talking a little bit more. Excuse me. May we have questions at the end of the entire presentation, then . Will that be all right . Yes, i will be sticking around. Thank you. Good morning. Im in the Service Planning team at muni that includes stops management, and thats what i will focus on today. What i hope to focus on is share an overview of the stop changes s. O. P. , which is as we go through in thinking through whether a stop change request or something we have identified will go through. And also to highlight how we have incorporated a screening tool on which we collaborated with senior and disability action to incorporate that into our stop changes s. O. P. The s. O. P. Has been in place for one year. And we collaborated with senior and disability action on the stop changes streaming tool in 2016. So projects that were initiated before and anything that was legislated before did not go through these steps, but Going Forward any new projects will. And so here we have the list of all of the Different Reasons why we might have a stop change in muni. And one of the reasons we came up with this is we realized it was not just our team that was coming up with the stop changes that we were recommending based on feedback from the public, operators or performance data, but also other teams, for example, the livable streets team that implement bike lanes, et cetera. A lot of the projects when they were coming up with them, it was necessary to adjust some stops to make sure we were able to make room for everybody on the street. So we wanted to come up with something that made sure that everybody that was generating stop changes were thinking through all the different considerations that we consider important to implement the change. So this is way to small, but we will have a larger slide later. This is essentially what the stop change s. O. P. Goes through and prompts anybody who is trying to letting and implement a stop change has to go through and think through before doing so. So we have a planning phase, we then have which is a good idea, is this not a good idea, what are the things to think about, and then we have outreach, going to the community and saying we think this is a good idea, this is why, and getting feedback, and then based on that going through another Decision Making of should we go forward with this and try to legislate this or not, and thats another set of steps which is this change is coming to you. Considering a stop change, these are the different considerations that we take into account based on guidelines and best practices. Did i move it . Sorry. So intersection control, when we have a stop sign we try to have this stop placed at the stop sign rather than the other side of the intersection. Thats to avoid stopping twice, once for the stop sign at the intersection and again after the intersection. So sometimes when we adjust stops, its for that. Its for making, improving our performance and making sure we can go fast, but a lot of time it wont extend the distance more than crossing an intersection. We wont do it when, for example, we have a Senior Center or another trip generator that benefits from having the stop right outside their location. Sidewalk space, is there enough space for people to wait and queue up, what are the grades. We have different limitations, i think an 8 percent grade that we avoid placing stops unless its necessary. Curb space, spacing of the stops themselves, how often and frequent do they come along the line, trip generators, transit opportunities, properties, terminal stops, all of those are things, and we have very specific guidelines on how to think about these things. And so once somebody has thought through all of this, we prompt them to go through the screening tool, which ill go over. So this is again a little more detail about how we think through things. And we can cover that in the questions. These are our stop spacing guidelines that we have that were adopted by our board. So they are much more spaced apart in rail and rapid bus but local bus depends on grades, et cetera and how frequent or how close together they are spaced. We have some guidelines on how the length of our stops in order to be able to serve the stops and make sure that we get to the curb and do an accessible stops. And here are the different when working with disability action we came up with four different questions that if any of them qualify as part of the stop change we are trying to make, we need to notify them right away, sit down and discuss why it is that we are trying to do this, way before we go to legislation and go to public hearing. So the staff is within 650 feet of an entrance to hospital, public facility or center for people that are seniors or have disabilities. It will stop by 300 feet or more. The proposed stop will be on a grade of over 60 percent, the stop proposed has a shelter but alternative stops do not have shelters. So will the stop quality downgrade because of where we are trying to site it. Stop proposed for removal is accessible but alternative stops are not accessible. So all of those are red flags for getting in touch with senior and disability action right away. And this is the form we provide for them any time we are thinking about doing a stop change, providing them with very specific information that they have requested. And we also usually provide a diagram that explains this is what it will look like, this is how much people will have to walk further or closer for a stop change. So once we assess the balance of support and opposition for the stop change, mainly with s. B. A. And bringing this up with the public, we do doortodoor fliering a lot of times. When we evaluate whether its worth bringing to legislation. So Supervisors Office is another place we stop to get a sense of support. Parking removal is another factor that will determine how much support we have. And then we have best practices on noticing for when we are going to go forward with the stop, so make sure inconvenience is minimized and that we are clear, et cetera. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. It was very comprehensive. And im sure there are questions and comments. Commissioner pappas . Just a request. This was a lot of information. Would it be possible for us to get the electronic version of what was presented here . And in particular, drilling down to the paratransit presentation, how do you do outreach to the community to let them know about these services . And can you make that available to us too . So we actually require our contractor to do at least 20 outreaches each year, but they do way more. We actually have a manager here. She is responsible for organizing the outreach to not only communitybased organizations but social workers and anyone who may need services. And they keep track of it on a spreadsheet. In particular, they are trying to put a bigger emphasis on doing outreach in areas identified in the communities of concern. So we are constantly doing outreach. And we also have our advisory committees. They meet the executive Committee Meets every sixweeks, and then we have smaller subgroups that meet each month to focus on a specific aspect of the transportation modes that we provide through paratransit. Thank you. Regarding paratransit, your presentation indicated reliance on taxi cabs. But we have fewer taxi cabs in the city. How has the Paratransit Program been affected by the increase in lyft and uber and other Services Like that . So i think the one thing i didnt show on the presentation was the number of trips taken by paratransit users on taxis has actually increased over the past couple of years. I think the impact of t. N. C. S has been most impacting on the taxi programs which are the wheelchairaccessible taxis, because those vehicles cost a bit more to operate and you would have to convert a mini van into a wheelchairaccessible vehicle, so thats more cost to the companies as well as the drivers. So what we have done is we have placed several incentives in place to help support the drivers. We have a 10 incentive thats available to all taxi drivers who provide wheelchair trips and we bump it up to 15 if they provide trips in the outlying neighborhoods like bayview as well as if they provide trips during the nighttime to wheelchair users. We also have an airport short pass, so if a taxi driver does at least 30 wheelchair trips in one month, they can go to the head of the line at the airport, and thats extremely valuable for taxi drivers. And we have various incentives to encourage taxi drivers to purchase their own vehicles. We provide 650 each month to new ride taxi drivers who purchase and operate their own vehicle. So we are trying to strengthen the taxi program which we felt has been most impacted by the growth of t. N. C. S. Thank you. A couple other observations. One, i think the outreach from my experience has been very, very good, and i was very happy to hear about the summary discussion of the van ness Improvement Project, which people are working very, very hard on addressing the issues and undoubtedly encountered many things they had not expected. I live at the San Francisco towers which is a Retirement Community just off van ness between van ness and franklin on pine street, and there are many different Senior Housing developments in that neighborhood. And that has been the decision to permanently move some of the bus stops. It doesnt sound like a lot if you are ablebodied to have to walk an extra 350 or 600 feet to get to a bus stop, but it does have a huge impact on many of the seniors who live not only in my building but in many of the buildings around there. And while the outreach has been commendable, i have not noticed as many changes in response to concerns from those individuals. The emphasis seems to be on speeding up bus service, which is understandable, but it seems there is an inherent conflict. And i would like to have somebody address that clear conflict and why it seems that concerns are raised but not always addressed or even occasionally addressed. Yeah. And thats something that we have definitely heard a lot about during the outreach and when we speak to folks about those issues. As far as my understanding goes, a lot of these changes, the permanent stops, a lot of that was sort of decided really early on in the project, again, the Environmental Impact study being one of the stages in which these were decided. And i think that at this point, as far as i understand, its not really possible to change the permanent stops that are now being sort of planned for and will be under construction fairly soon. And so that is a concern that i will definitely continue to take back to my team. And any accommodations that we can make now during the construction process to make it a bit easier on the neighbors and folks using those stops, well sort of look at things to see if theres any way that we can make it sort of more amenable. But as far as i understand, there was outreach during the Environmental Impact study. And one of the main things that came out of that, or i guess the reason for the changes, the bus stop the permanent bus stops, was that the biggest concern was that efficiency and was making sure that the bus stops were ensuring Transit Service was moving quickly and efficiently through the corridor. But i definitely hear that concern. And its something that i can continue to bring back to my team. And if there are ways that we can help mitigate that, then im sure that we will continue to look at that. Thank you. And i would like to remind you that the senior population of the city is growing very rapidly. San francisco has the highest percentage of seniors of any big city in the country. And while its gratifying to read about the accommodations made for individuals who are interested in bicycling and bike paths that are being created, thats not an option for people as they get older or for many people as they get older. So, again, the outreach has been commendable, but the results have not been very satisfying. And this is not directed at you. Obviously these decision were made a long time ago, but anything that can be done to revisit those, and i speak for other people on the commission who live along the van ness corridor who probably share my concerns, and im an ablebodied individual who walks six to seven miles a day. So it is a very serious matter. And im sure you are aware of it, but i just wanted you to hear it directly. Thank you so much for that. Any other comments or questions . Martha knutzen. Hi. I should disclose i also sit on the committee that advises the van ness Improvement Project. So commissioners hear know that i got very involved in pedestrian safety, and im always talking about the van ness Improvement Project whenever i can as it relates to senior issues especially and disabled issues. So i actually have a little bit different question because i get a lot of them. And they hear me advocate for those things every month. On Paratransit Program, so its actually a different question, are all of the things that you mention, especially the Shopping Service and van gogh, i didnt know about that, are those all only people who are not available to only people who are not able to take muni . Some of these programs have different qualifications . So for the shop around and van gogh services, we just have an age requirement. You have to be 65 or older or have r. C. C. Discount i. D. , you have to qualify for that or if you are a. D. A. Eligible, you can qualify for those services. You dont have to be an a. D. A. Eligible rider. Those are two great programs. I didnt know about them. And especially in view of the other question about outreach, that would its just very, very helpful to many, many seniors to know about that, especially i live on van ness, its so difficult to shop along van ness because of the bus stops and the changes that are always being made. So im just saying that in particular it would be very helpful for people to know about that. It might be something thats available to people and help them to get around on these really business corridors. So thats great. Great. Thank you. And one other question about so interested in the stop theres all this study that goes into making sure that when you make changes in stops. Im not sure it was embedded in here, but one of the things that seniors face, and especially people with disabilities face, is crossing streets. So it may seem like when i was younger, i never thought about that. But now with packages as you get more frail, things like that, you notice that. When you make changes to stops, is that one of the many things that are considered . So what im talking about is one bus you are taking one away, stops, and then are you going to have to cross a street to get te opposite direction, and im not saying that in the right way, but if you follow what im asking, do you consider that for people . Absolutely. Any time we change a stop from one side of the intersection to another, you have a shift in who has better access, because there is probably going to be but in takes into account the frontage, the businesses, is there a senior facility, those are the things that we came up with the senior and disability action as part of the screening tool, and thats absolutely something we take into account. We very rarely unless its a huge operational issue move something from one side of the street thats close to a trip generator that seniors need to get to and move it to the other side. It is absolutely something we consider. What im asking, this whole thing about you are going one way and can you catch that bus going the other way without yes. You know what im saying right. Yes. Thats also something we take into account. What are the connecting bus lines and how are people going to get to it. So i watch a lot of seniors and people in wheelchairs and walkers really planning that trip. Okay and you can see how they have to get off and where they are going to go and becoming more and more aware of that. Thank you. Thanks for the reminder. Thank you. Any other comments or questions . I have one question. So you went through the process of an individual to sign up and if they get denied, they can appeal, what is the process for a nonprofit . I notice you have two of them . So im just curious what how that differs. Talking about what is the process with self help. So those who are care providers, they are contracted with trans to provide the service to their sites. They went through an r. F. P. Process in 2017 in order to become Service Providers. There was a third one in central latino, but they have since dropped out. Oh, i see. So they are providing services. They are providing services to Services Provided to them. I understand. They are providing services to our riders to various sites throughout the city. Got it. Thanks. Thank you. Any other comments or questions . I would like to thank the m. T. A. For taking the time to present this comprehensive presentation. Its been very informative. And i hope that our suggestions and concerns are raised to the appropriate levels, and we may get some results. Thank you very much. The next item is another presentation. And it is Kelly Dearman again for inhome Supportive Services Public Authority. Welcome back. Thank you. So just before we get started, im Kelly Dearman, director of the San Francisco inhome Supportive Services Public Authority. Im here with my policy analyst jane lee. So any questions will go to her. So what we wanted to do today was give you very briefly an overview of what we have been doing over at the Public Authority and some of our outcomes to date. I will say that its been really great for me and our staff to work with ihss under cristas leadership and also with director mcspadden. I think we really are doing some wonderful things here in the city. And im really proud to be working at the Public Authority. So first off, this looks daunting, but it will be really quick. We are just going to give you a little bit about what our programs are and how many people we are serving. But first i just want to tell you about the great news that happens with us is that every year we do have an independent external audit done and then also d. O. S. S. Does a fiscal and compliance audit. In 2018 and 2019, d. A. S. Said you have been doing so well they give us a good performance waiver, and they did not do their normal fiscal audit. This is huge. This says that we have been doing great work, and i will say since our director of finance and operations has been with us since 2010, every single external audit and audit we have had done with d. A. S. , there have been no findings. So we are super proud of that. Moving onto programs, in terms of the registry, so the objective is to help consumers find independent providers enrolled with ihss. So if you look to see what we have been doing in 2019, we provided 3,555 referral lists to a little over 1400 consumers. And about 44 percent of them hired providers off of that list. And while that may seem like a low number, theres a huge amount of work that goes into when somebody gets the list. They have to then call people on the list, interview people on the list and hope that people answer the phone and that someone will actually come and work for them. So 44 percent is a high number. Our goal was to provide registry lists to at least 1,000 people. And as you see, we provided over 3,000. For providers, the goal is to recruit i. P. S to our registry, and we also provide trainings and help them provide work opportunities. So did i miss one . Its not on here. Sorry, no, thats fine. So as you can see, we had last year 489 applicants. Of that number, 321 were trained in San Francisco we require that every independent provider go through a 48hour training before we put them out for work or before they can be on our registry to hopefully get hired. And of that, 321 who were trained went through the training, 252 actually made it to our registry list. Thats because we also then have to go through their references and some people dont make it through the whole training. Its very complicated. So what we have now is we have 302 active independent providers on our list. So we always have people available for consumers when they call and 401 registry providers who are fully employed. In terms. Emergency on call, we want to make sure we are able to provide services to ihss consumers who dont have a current independent provider. The goal is to fulfill at least 90 percent of all service hours. So far im happy to say i think we fulfill 100 percent of those. So in 2019 we had 481 unduplicated consumers who received this emergency oncall service. And we serviced over 9,000 hours. So we are pretty business over that. We also have a mentorship program. We are really lucky here in San Francisco, most other counties dont have a mentorship program, but we find that if consumers can be trained properly on how to use ihss, it creates a more sustainable relationship between them and their provider. So what you see here is that we have about 363 consumers who were referred. To our mentorship program. They were referred from social workers or from our staff at the office when people call in and ask for a list. Usually if a consumer calls and is asking for their second or third list, we will refer them to the mentorship program. Its, of course, optional. Some people decide not to do it. But most who do find it is quite helpful. So we get about 32 referrals per month. And there are 101 consumers per month who are working with mentors. And of the you can see from here, of the 353 that were referred, 98 were able to hire someone. And thats just because a point in time when we looked. For some people it takes longer for them to do the hiring. One thing i forgot to bring here today that i will make sure you all get is another thing we did is we created a consumer handbook. So its all things ihss. And mentors use that when they are talking to consumers. Its a really great book. Its the first of its kind in the state. And we are now working on getting it translated into our other threshold languages. Lastly, we provide benefits, health and medical and dental benefits. We get about 147 new providers signing up for Health Benefits per month and about 107 signing up for dental benefits per month. And right now there are about 11,500 providers who are enrolled in the San Francisco health plan healthy workers. Okay. So then also we processed criminal background checks and provide affordable Live Scan Services to potential independent providers. So the number is going up in terms of the number of Fingerprint Services we are doing. Thats because we have started doing this last year, i think. Im going too fast. Sorry. So we started doing this last year, and now im happy to say that not only are we doing it at our office, but we are doing it at 77 otis a couple times a week as well. The idea is we want to make it as easy as possible as we can on providers so they dont have to go to many places to just be able to sign up to be providers. So that seems to be working out really well. And also in our office we process the criminal background checks to make sure that people meet the requirements in order to be able to be providers. Lastly, as a result of union negotiations, we hand out supplies to independent providers. And that includes hand sanitizer, masks and gloves. And we have been doing this just for the last six months. And we hand out about 600 to 700 packages of supplies per month. So i will say that we are super business over in our office. My staff works really hard, and i think we are doing everything we can to make it easier for providers and for consumers to be able to access the services that are available to them and serve the people of the city. Any questions . Thank you, kelly. It might be helpful for newer commissioners if you summarized how a consumer qualifies for ihss. What are the requirements . In terms of income or right. So in order to be able to qualify, you have to be medical eligible. If you are, you would call cristas shop, and they would arrange to have a social worker come who would determine how many hours per month you are entitled to. And once that happens, you can hire whoever you want. And about 85 percent of consumers in San Francisco have a friend or Family Member that will do the service for them, which i will also just add, keeps people housed, because then they know they can get paid to provide the service for a friend or Family Member, so there will still be income coming in. 15 percent who dont have a friend or Family Member who end up calling the Public Authority, and thats why we have a registry to help them find someone. We do know that number is going to continue to go up as San Francisco is a real transient city, and many people dont have friends or Family Members who can do it. So we are there to make sure there are providers available who can come and work for these consumers. Thank you. And also the services can be on a temporary basis if someone is discharged from a hospital, for example, and needs help for a few weeks then that can also be arranged through ihss. It doesnt have to be ongoing. Correct. So a lot of times with our on call service, its people who are being discharged, havent yet set up a permanent situation, and we assist them during that process. I just would like to publicly commend kelly. I have the unique privilege of working with her as your representative on the governing body of the inhome Supportive Services Public Authority. That body is very representative of both the caregivers as well as those who are getting the care, both the Human Services agency as well our commission have a representative. And for the past i think almost two years, i have been serving in that capacity, and i have seen the incredible work that both kelly and the staff are doing. It is a monumental undertaking, and i just wanted, for the record, to commend you. Thank you. I was also fortunate enough to serve on the governing body for about ten years. Yes. And i watched dramatic changes and improvements. And it was very gratifying. And in particular, the structure of the governing body, which allows for multiple viewpoints to be expressed and multiple needs to be raised and addressed. It is not a topdown process at all. It is much more a bottomsup process, and a very collaborative one. I think kelly has done a remarkable job in her tenure, and she has put together a remarkable team. I think we are very fortunate. I think San Francisco is way ahead of the rest of the state. And i have a question around that. What is the current governors attitude toward ihss . I dont want to rehash previous administrations but what is the current administrations attitude toward ihss . The current administrations attitude, and please correct me if im incorrect, is a much more favorable attitude towards ihss and what we do. Thank you. Thats gratifying. Not surprising but gratifying to hear. Any other comments or questions . Commissioner loo . Yeah, you said that the providers have 48 hours of training. Who did the training . So we so home bridge provides the training for all of our independent providers. Okay. And then the social worker, when you get the referral, social worker would go out and visit and determine the hours. And how often do you reassess . Annually . They are consumers are assessed annually. Yes. By the social workers at ihss, not the Public Authority. But apparently consumers can call and ask for a reassessment whenever they want . When they have a need. When they have a need. Okay. One other question i think is important to address, there may be some consumers who arent comfortable making decisions about who to hire, or they are not capable of making those decisions. How are their needs addressed, kelly . So thats why we have the mentorship program. And the mentors are consumers who are currently using the service or have used it in the past or providers who have used it who are current providers or not. And the mentors get trained about how to talk with consumers and how to help them. Those mentors will sit with consumers while they make the phone calls, while they interview, and will help guide them through the whole process, will talk to them about things like communication skills and how to best advocate for yourself. And then also as i said, the consumer handbook, which i forgot, which i will make sure you all get, also has pullout pages about here are good questions to ask, this is what you should do in this situation, but the whole idea is to try to build the consumer up so that they can handle it on their own. But there are some consumers that are not capable. Yes is that so for those consumers who are not able to hire and fire on their own but are sill stihl able to live at home and in still able to live at home and community, they would go to home bridge. Home bridge would send their providers or their employees, and they will send them out to do the work. So this is fabulous. And i have talked to many people who are using these services. Im just curious. How long is the process does the process usually take for someone on who is going to be their provider . Is that a process like i had someone and it didnt work out, and i got another one, and its a sticky relationship, im going to put it that way. So it depends. There are 85 percent of of the people have a friend or Family Member lined up. For the registry, its more complicated, because these are strangers coming in who might have to do intimate caring for you. So for some consumers, they know what they want, who may they need, and they can make a decision right away. For others, it could take several months. But do you know off the top of your head if we have a like, what the common time frame is . Or do you have metrics aroun we do have that, yes. I just dont have it with me. But im happy to provide it to you. Okay. Commissioner loo i have a couple questions. These are folks that in order to get the dental and health insurance, how many hours do they have to work per week . You have to work 25 hours a month in order to get medical. And 25 hours a month consistently over three months to get dental. So do they get it after a few months working or just immediately . They get it after three months of working. Three months of working. Okay. And so hold on one second. Come closer. You have to have worked 25 hours in the past two months. If they are a new provider they gev a packet to apply for health and dental benefits but if they are providers who worked in the past and took a break and worked again, they have to take the initiative to apply. Thank you. You have a menu that you say you are going to give us. Im going to give it to you. And you will be translating into different languages. I know there are a lot of asians using it. So what kind of languages are you thinking about . Its currently in english. We are in the process of translating it into chinese. And we have had to go through so many different people, because there are some of the terms we use dont translate well, so we are trying to make sure that it makes sense. So we are doing chinese next, and then we are doing spanish. And then if we have any money left, well do more. Will you give me a copy in chinese when its ready . Absolutely. Thank you. I think its important to remember that the budget for ihss, the total funding, which is driven by the state of california, is substantial. But the cost of keeping people at home is far, far less than institutionalizing them. Just strictly only a financial basis to say nothing about the emotional and psychological aspects of it. I think thats important to remember, that this is a program that saves a great deal of money. Exactly. Any other comments or questions . Commissioner arcelona. Thank you. Hi, kelly. Hi. Two questions. One is are there any restrictions for a provider who lives with let me state the question differently. Can somebody be living with somebody and be a provider . Im crista. Im the director of ihss. Yes, you can. We have many live ofin providers. There are some restrictions around spouses and what types of services we can pay folks to provide and parents as well. But we have many livein providers. Okay. And then i was noticing the big jump in the live scans that were completed in september, october and november. What caused that . So we were offering more. And because we were doing more supplies. And so we had more people who were aware of what we were doing. And because we do it cheaper than any other place you can do it. The other really big change is that per union union contracs moved from individual orientations for providers to Group Orientation. So we are offering about five orientations a week at 770 it is, theres been 30 people that go to them. And we have redesigned that whole space. So its much more comfortable. We can do a Group Presentation where we give a lot more information thats consistent. And at the end they can meet with kellys staff to do the live scan. So we have one machine there now. We are adding a second one. We didnt have the time to get everybody through it. But like kelly said, the more convenience the better. Its lowcost, we dont have to travel to get to it. You can get paid and start caring for your recipients. Thank you. Any other comments or questions . Thank you very much, kelly. Great to see you again. And that was a terrific presentation. Very informative. Thank you so much. Okay. Item a. Requesting [off mic] item a, requesting authorization to enter into a new Grant Agreement with curry Senior Center for the provision of programming and social services for transgender and gender con forming tgnc older adults and tgnc adults with disabilities during the period of january 1, 2020 through june 30, 2023 in the amount of 353,003 plus a 10 contingency for a total grant amount not to exceed 388,303. It is from tiffany. And im always happy to learn a new acronym, tgnc. Add that to the list. Thank you. Good morning. The Grant Agreement was curry Senior Center is one of two transgender and gender nonconforming programs that i will be presenting to the commission for approval. Moving forward, i will use the acronym tgnc for transgender and gender noncon coming. The dignity Fund Assessment report published last year is a resource our department uses to help guide the procurement of services that will meet Community Needs and reach underserved populations. The report notes that lgbtq older adults and adults with disabilities participate less in d. A. S. Services overall when compared to the general population of our clients. This gap is even more evident when we look specifically at the tgnc older adult and adult with disability populations. D. A. S. Met with Community Stakeholders knowledgeable and experienced in providing services for the tgnc community as well as the office of transgender initiatives. Through this process, we identified core elements our programming must include. And both transgender programs being presented today have them. First is a safe, supportive, genderaffirming environment, social interaction and relationshipbuilding, regularlyscheduled programming, tgnc individuals hired as key program staff, flexibility for the program to evolve as the needs grow and shift, ongoing feedback to d. A. S. About the needs of the community and lastly, an Advisory Board made up of Community Stakeholders. Curry Senior Center has extensive experience in delivering a wide range of services for older adults and adults with disabilities, including a support group for their tgnc clients. Curry staff is skilled at working with diverse populations in the city. Their language capacity onsite includes ten different languages. With this grant, curry will expand their tgnc group to include more social and supportive programming. Curry will add four tgnc annual events designed with input and insight from their advise board. Curry will reach at least 30 clients and provide 250 hours of programming annually. Thank you. And im happy to answer questions. Thank you, tiffany. Any comments . Commissioner spears . I have one question. In the writeup it talks about the grantees will develop and implement this programming within this threeyear period. Can you give us an idea of by when do you think this new programming will start . Some of it is they both providers are in the process of recruiting for the tgnc staff person. So there is money for this half year. So we are hoping there will be some delivery of service and consumers this year. Any other comments or questions . Commissioner knutzen. I want to acknowledge how historic and wonderful this program is. I just wanted to kind of note that. Its very important to our community. Are some of the programs that they are doing already do they already exist so that they are probably just going to build and enhance . Well, in currys case, yes, they are going to be sort of expanding. They have a group that is calle. I think thats the name. I might be misquoting it slightly. But for that program, they are going to basically do more peer support programming for that. The annual event that i refer to, those are new. That is new . Okay. Thank you. I would like to echo commissioner knutzens comment about how important and pioneering this and also its an example of how the studies that led up to the dignity fund and the way the dignity fund money was going to be used was for many, many cases innovative programs. And this is an example of something going from a study to a practical implementation. And i think that thats very important to keep in mind. It means that we are actually acting on what we promised. And so again, i would like to commend the program thats been developed. Any other comments or questions from the commission . Any comments or questions from the public . May i have a motion to approve . Second. Second. Any comments or questions or further discussion . All in favor . Aye. Any opposed . Thank you. The motion carry. Item b. Requesting authorization to enter into a new Grant Agreement with openhouse for the provision of programming and social services for transgender and gender con forming, tgnc, older adults and tgnc adults with disabilities during the period of january 1, 2020 through june 30, 2023, in the amount of 645,582 plus a 10 contingency for a total grant amount not to exceed 710,000. Tiffany again. Thank you. Similar to curry Senior Center, openhouse has extensive experience in delivering lgbtq focused programming for older adults and adults with disabilities. Openhouse will also expand its existing programming for tgnc clients and work with three new organizations that provide dedicated services to tgnc individuals. By partnering with new organizations, openhouse will reach diverse populations within the tgnc community. One of the organizations openhouse will work with is San Francisco Community Health center. The Health Center is home to trans five, a Dropin Center for tgnc clients. Through this partnership, open house will offer Transgender Support Group two times a month, providing opportunities for social engagement and community connection. Another organization open house is partnering with is transgender, gender variant and intersex justice project. Through this partnership, openhouse will organize a monthly sunday gathering and dinner for formerly incarcerated transgender women. Openhouses Third Partnership is with st. James infirmary. Through this partnership, openhouse will offer a tgnc support group led by a tgnc older adult on a weekly basis. And lastly, open house will expand its existing tgnc programming to host trans general racial lunches twice a month. Open house will reach at least 75 clients and provide 205 hours of programming annually. Thank you. And im happy to answer any questions you may have. Thank you. Any comments or question from the commission . Any comments or questions from the public . Welcome. Hi, im karen, executive director at openhouse. Ill keep this very brief. I wanted to say thank you to d. A. S. And dignity fund for making this happen and for all of you for the strong support of the work that openhouse and curry will be doing together. And one of the things i want to say is i know its hard with government contracts and how they work to build in room for creativity and flexibility. And i just want to say that as a cisgenderred person who considers myself engaged in constant allyship, and i know we are here with a lot of cisgender allies in the room, at the end of the day i hope we know that we are going to learn a lot from the amazing Transgender Community on what they need from this contract because we dont totally know yet. So i want to say thanks to o. T. I. For their leadership and for the Transgender Community for putting trust in us that we could move forward and figure out what they need. I know that thats not easy, because the rest of the Lgbtq Community hasnt always been there for them in allyship the way they needed. So thank you for making that happen. Thank you. Any comments or questions . Any other comments or questions from the public . Hearing none, may i have a motion to approve . So moved. Thank you. Any other further discussion . All in favor . Aye. Any opposed. The motion carries. Item c, requesting authorization to modify the existing Grant Agreement with selfhelp for the elderly for the provision of Adult Day Program services for older adults and adults with disabilities, during the period of january 1, 2020 through june 30, 2020 for an additional amount of 135,931 plus a 10 contingency for a total amount not to exceed 749,901. Welcome, rick appleby. Good morning, commissioners, director and bridgette. Im happy to be able to ask your authorization for these modifications and the funds for selfhelp for the elderlys Adult Day Program have two parts today. The Adult Day Program, as you may recall was a nonmedical model of social day programming that focuses on peoples personal care, socialization and community stabilization. As a part of that, we are happy to be able to have this onetime only dignity fund money of 120,000 to support their physical therapy and Occupational Therapy programming. The physical therapist, which is funded by this, offers the consultation and treatment planning and handson physical therapy is really about strengthening and giving the person more stamina in their body and their gait. And then theres the occupational piece of it with age that you saw and care workers that focus on the needs of the person to live in the community if there are accommodations they need in their home, if there are exercises or skills they are learn to better take care of they must in their home and at the program. So thats the 120. The other piece is actually selfhelp for the elderly was able to receive a new van for transportation from another community organization. We heard the central latino discontinued their participation, so helphelp for the elderly is taking that van on. And at the time we knew that it would need some maintenance and repairs. So they used or will use 15,931 to make sure that van is prepared for transportation to and from the program and to field trips as they need. Any questions today . Thank you, rick. Any comments or questions . Hearing none, any comments or questions from the public . May i have a motion to approve . So moved. Second. Thank you. Any further discussion . All in favor . Aye. Any opposed . Thank you. The motion carries. Thank you. Item d, requesting authorization to modify the existing Grant Agreement with institute on aging for the provision of the Community Living fund during the period of february 1, 2020 through june 30, 2021, in the amount of 741,146 plus a 10 contingency for a total amount not to exceed 11,641,294. Welcome, fanny lapitan. Good morning. In the home stretch. Again, im fanny lapitan, Program Analyst with the office of Community Partnership. Im here today to request authorization to modify our existing contract with the institute on aging for the provision of the Community Living fund program. I believe most of you are familiar with c. L. F. Already. But ill give a quick overview. The Community Living fund was established in 2006 to provide older adults to services and supporting they need to live independently in the community. And i think president serina alluded to the value of really Community Living as opposed to institutionalization. It was created to provide Community Placement alternatives for individuals who may otherwise require care within an institution. Our target population are those who are currently placed in institutions like skilled nurseling facilities or those who are at risk of institutionalization but are willing and able to be discharged or live in the community with appropriate support. Through our contract with i. O. A. Provides c. L. F. Services using an approach of coordinated Case Management and purchase of goods and services. The modification we are requesting will be specifically used to augment the programs purchases Services Component to increase capacity to serve clients waiting for purchase of services and also to improve efficiency in procuring goods and services through the program. The majority of the additional funds being requested, about 75 percent of it will be allocated directly to the amount of funding available for purchases. This increase will actually bring the program in line with current spending projections and historical trends. A portion of the funds will also be used for additional staff capacity, specifically it will increase i. O. A. s Occupational Therapy time from. 5 to 1 and increase the Care Coordinator through the Catholic Charities from. 5 to 1 as well. The increase capacity will facilitate the assessment and coordination of purchases to help decrease the wait list and wait time. Finally, a small portion will be used to upgrade the software use for c. L. F. s procurement system. The upgrades will improve efficiency and provide some cost savings as vendor invoicing will be more streamlined and care managers are able to expedite requests and authorize authorizations for purchases. I would be happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Any comments or questions from the commission . Any comments or questions from the public . Hearing none, may i have a motion to approve . So moved. Second. Thank you. Thank you. Any further discussion . All in favor . Aye. Any opposed . Thank you. The motion carries. Is there any general Public Comment . Welcome. Ill put it on the record. Maey, director of the Community Living campaign. I stayed to be able to say thanks to d. A. S. And executive director mcspadden about the efforts to save the classes and Jobs Associated with the cuts to ccfs programs. I think thats a really important and timely first step, but we hope that everybody sort of is part of a Larger Campaign to save the remaining classes, both for older adults and for young folks in that program. The board of supervisors began the hearing this morning downstairs. And that hearing was continued, but they are and will not come up again i guess until february, but they are taking up the issue at the finance committee of the board of supervisors next wednesday at 10 00 to see what the board is able to do to kind of help. So for those who are interested in that issue, both in the room and who are watching on tv, it is the board of Supervisors Budget Committee next wednesday at 10 00. And i also wanted to provide just some talking points that we kind of use to get our thoughts together on this issue. And we have been sharing that with others. So i wanted to share that with you. So ill put them here, and someone will grab them i think. Lastly, kate had to leave but she left information about the end ageism campaign. If you dont have your button on, you have a chance to get one and replenish your supply as well as other materials. Thank you very much. Any other comments or questions . Thank you. Motion to adjourn. So moved. Second. Thank you. Thought it was going to be a short meeting and it turned out to be a long one. I know. Shop and dine on the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of San Francisco by supporting local Services Within neighborhood. We help San Francisco remain unique, successful and vibrant. Where will you shop and dine in the 49 . San francisco owes the charm to the unique character of the neighborhood comer hall district. Each corridor has its own personality. Our neighborhoods are the engine of the city. You are putting money and support back to the community you live in and you are helping Small Businesses grow. It is more environmentally friendly. Shopping local is very important. I have had relationships with my local growers for 30 years. By shopping here and supporting us locally, you are also supporting the growers of the flowers, they are fresh and they have a price point that is not imported. It is really good for everybody. Shopping locally is crucial. Without that support, Small Business cant survive, and if we lose Small Business, that diversity goes away, and, you know, it would be a shame to see that become a thing of the past. It is important to dine and shop locally. It allows us to maintain traditions. It makes the neighborhood. I think San Francisco should shop local as much as they can. The retail marketplace is changes. We are trying to have people on the floor who can talk to you and help you with products you are interested in buying, and help you with exploration to try things you have never had before. The fish business, you think it is a piece of fish and fisherman. There are a lot of people working in the fish business, between wholesalers and fishermen and bait and tackle. At the retail end, we about a lot of people and it is good for everybody. Shopping and dining locally is so important to the community because it brings a tighter fabric to the community and allows the Business Owners to thrive in the community. 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We have a fullsize ring with barside food and drink. We ended up getting wrestling here with puoillo del mar. Were hope og get families to join us. Weve done a drag queen bingo and were trying to be a diverse kind of club, trying different things. This is a great part of town and theres a bunch of shops, a variety of stores and ethnic restaurants. Theres a popular little shop that all of the kids like to hanhang out at. We have a great breakfast spot call brick fast at tiffanies. Some of the older businesses are refurbished and newer businesses are coming in and its exciting. We even have our own brewery for fdr, ferment, drink repeat. Its in the San Francisco Garden District and four beautiful muellermixer ura alsomurals. Its important to shop local because its kind of like a circle of life, if you will. We hire local people. Local people spend their money at our businesses and those local mean that wor people willr money as well. I hope people shop locally. [ ]. 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We have our own we move on from there. So you have every time a unique experience because that slaver is the flavored we want to make. Union street is unique because of the neighbors and the location itself. The people that live around here i love to see when the street is full of people. It is a little bit of italy that is happening around you can walk around and enjoy shopping with gelato in your hand. This is the move we are happy to provide to the people. I always love union street because its not like another commercial street where you have big chains. Here you have the neighbors. There is a lot of stories and the neighborhoods are essential. People have they enjoy having their daily or weekly gelato. I love this street itself. We created a move of an area where we will be visiting. We want to make sure that the area has the gelato that you like. What we give back as a shop owner is creating an ambient lifestyle. If you do it in your area and if you like it, then you can do it on the streets you like. Go. Shop and dine the 49 promotes local businesses and changes san franciscans to do their shopping and dooipg within the 49 square miles by supporting local Services Within the neighborhood we help San Francisco remain unique, successful and vibrant so where will you shop and dine the 49 hi in my mind a ms. Medinit. Shop dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their shop dine in the 49 within the 49 square miles of San Francisco by supporting local services in the neighborhood we help San Francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so were will you shop dine in the 49 chinatown has to be one the best unique shopping areas in San Francisco that is color fulfill and safe each vegetation and seafood and find everything in chinatown the walk shop in chinatown welcome to jason dessert im the fifth generation of candy in San Francisco still that serves 2000 district in the chinatown in the past it was the tradition and my family was the royal chef in the pot pals thats why we learned this stuff and moved from here to have dragon candy i want people to know that is art we will explain a walk and they cant walk in and out it is different techniques from stir frying to smoking to steaming and they do show of. 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