Clerk yes. Committee members will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comments will be available on each item on this agenda. Both channel 26 and sfgtv. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments or opportunities to speak during Public Comment are available during Public Comment by calling 4156550001 and entering meeting i. D. , 1463515423, then pound twice. You will be entered into the meeting but in listening mode only. When your item comes up, press star, three to be entered into the queue. You may email myself, the budget and Appropriations Committee clerk, linda. Wong sf. Gov. If you submit Public Comment via email, it will be forwarded to the supervisors and will be included as part of the official file. Finally, Public Comment interpretations in chinese, spanish, and filipino will be guaranteed from 10 00 a. M. To 1 00 a. M. Members who wish to submit Public Comment in these languages should call in during that time. For additional language assistance call the Clerks Office at 4155545184. Now i will pass it onto the interpreters for their language announcements. Interpreter good morning. This is going to be the spanish interpretation. [speaking spanish language] [end of translation] interpreter thank you. [speaking cantonese language] [end of translation]. Interpreter thank you. [speaking tagalog language] interpreter thank you, madam clerk. Thats all for interpretations. Chair fewer thank you very much. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the final day of recessed meetings from last week and the day dedicated to hearing from the public on the entire budget. We will not hear or discuss any other business today. We expect this to be a long day, as there are many people who want to share with the committee their needs and priorities for this budget process. Today, speakers will have two minutes each. We will be taking a few breaks throughout the day to make sure the remote Public Comment system is not overwhelmed. We will be taking a break at 1 00, and then, we will be taking breaks every three hours after that. We do have Interpretation Services in spanish, cantonese, and tagalog. Our Clerks Office has worked with groups that approached them so that they can do Public Comment with small groups. We will be alternating with those groups and the Public Comment line. We have requested the Clerks Office to forfeit the time of any callers who use foul, inappropriate, or threatening language before the board. That kind of language will be be tolerated at the board of supervisors. In terms of process, my Office Issued a high level spending plan, totaling two years. On wednesday, the committee will gavel down at 10 00 a. M. For the final day of deliberations, and we plan to pass a spending plan out of committee by the end of the day. With that, i think we are ready to begin. Madam clerk, you may start to hear people in the queue. Thank you. Clerk yes,hood am chair, would you like me to call items 1 and 2 on todays agenda, please . Chair fewer yes, thank you very much. Clerk item 1, budget and appropriations ordinance appropriating all estimated receipts and all estimated expenditures for departments of the city and county of San Francisco july 31, 2020 for the fiscal years ending june 30, 2021 and june 30, 2022. Item 2 is annual salary ordinance enumerating positions in the annual budget and proposition ordinance for the fiscal years ending june 30, 2021 and june 30, 2022. If you would like to comment publicly on either of these items, please call 4156550001, and then entering 1463515423, pressing pound, and pound again. When your item is called, press star, three to be entered into the queue. Chair fewer thank you. Clerk operations, can you please check to see if there are any Public Comment in the queue . Operator yes. Madam clerk, there are currently 56 callers in the queue. [inaudible] we have six people who are going to speak on behalf of our organization. At this time, we cannot afford for any budget cuts to Homeless Services or evictions prevention funding. We need to keep these Funding Sources in place so that our Community Members, those in the tenderloin, those that are suffering racism, those that are suffering from racism and living in poverty are able to get the Housing Assistance that they need in order to be successful, in order to be productive members of this community nonetheless, so i just peappeal for this Funding Sources for this to remain in place, and also for more funding for these things, as well. I thank you for this time and i thank you for this opportunity to speak. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good morning, supervisors. My name is marisa tibbs, and i speak for poverty house. Every day, our communities are hurting. We can do that today. We must invest in the relatish and that works for families and youth, and we must act now. We need shelter programs that have mental and Substance Abuse order benefits. Shelters exist to provide residents with safety and protection. The longer a person is homeless, the more harder it is for them to come out of that, so i urge you to continue the funding and even provide more to this issue, and i thank you for your time. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good morning, supervisors. My name is tina lisa, and i work for hospitality house. We need flexible housing subsidies to expand housing for families and youth, and we need to keep families housed and keep families in San Francisco. Its so much easier to stay in housing than it is to find housing once you become homeless, so thats extremely important. We must prepare now for the eviction crisis. More than 90 of households in the tenderloin are renters and overwhelming people of color. We must rebuild our job Training System and barriers for workers of color, especially youth. We must stand in solidarity with San Franciscos plan community. We must do more. We must invest more for those who have suffered more. Ive seen so many folks come through hospitalitys doors from the black community. Even though San Francisco its such a disproportionate part of San Franciscos black Community Comes through hospitality doors seeking help, and theres so much more San Francisco can do for this homeless population, so its so important that we support them. Thank you so much for your time. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Hi, supervisors. My name is olivia glowacki, and i work with hospitality house in the tenderloin. Our lives do matter, and our communities are hurting, and you can do something about that today. Now is not the time for austerity budgets. I appeal to you to find the housing budget in whole. As tina lisa said, we must stand in solidarity with San Franciscos black community. Homelessness is incredibly racialized, and as i said before, now is not the time for cuts in austerity. The budget is a moral document, and we need to live up to those morals. Thank you. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next per, please. Hi next speaker, please. Hi. My name is emmett howell, and im with the organization for Public Housing. We need funding to keep families housed and keep families in San Francisco. At this time, we are losing housing. Families without housing do not have steady [inaudible] we must reveal our job Training System and remove barriers for workers of color, especially youth. Thank you. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Yes, thats it for us here. Clerk thank you very much. Mr. Qiu, next speaker, please. Hi. My name is sarah lund. I live in district 5. Im calling you to disarm, disband, and defund the San FranciscoPolice Department. Reduce Community Interactions with police this year. Fire Police Officers, fire sheriffs deputies and invest in things that keep us safe, like housing and community reparation. Thank you. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Hello. My name is eliana rubin, and im calling to tell you thank you for closing down the jail on bryant street. As we all know, thousands of people in our city are experiencing homelessness and Mental Health crises during the Global Pandemic and now breathing in toxic smoke from these years record breaking fires. As a native san franciscan, i hold Peoples Health and safety over criminalization. I feel the city could allocate at least 66 million more for the funding for housing, community, and Mental Healthbased services. During this time, not prioritizing housing, Mental Health services, and Substance Use treatment programs is literally a death sentence that is primarily impacting black, brown, poor, and Trans Community members. So we at lgss are committed to funding human rights and ask that you ensure our Community Safety by divesting from San FranciscoPolice Department and invest in our communities to deal with these overlapping crises. Thank you very much. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good morning, supervisors. This is carl kramer from the San Francisco living wage coalition. Speaking for funding to raise the base rate under the minimum Wage Ordinance from 16. 50 to 17. 05 an hour, at some point, the city controller is going to look at whether theres been sufficient wage raises for raising that minimum rate and those who are above that minimum rate. Each department under the legislation is supposed to be sending its calculations. What is that sufficient funding . If there isnt the funding put into the budget, those workers dont get a wage raise. This is a Racial Justice issue. Those who are workers in city funded nonprofit agencies like the homeless shelters, and also parents who are in calworks who are doing city service jobs, if we dont provide funding for them, they arent going to be able to make ends meet to be able to stay in their jobs or to be able to stay in San Francisco. These are also the services that are being provided to black and brown communities in San Francisco. If were talking about that were going to redirect funding from the police to put it into services to the black and brown communities, these are the workers who are carrying out these services, and really, you know, if we are going to be able to come out of this economic downturn, the path to economic recovery is by providing more wages, increased wages to the lowest page workers in San Francisco that are providing services that the residents of San Francisco rely and depend onto be able to live independently in their own homes, to be able to transition from homelessness. We need to make the investment. This is the wrong time to have austerity measures and reducing wages for workers and by allowing workers to keep up with the rate of inflation that is a cut to services. Thank you, supervisors. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good morning, supervisors. My name is john mccormick, and im the housing coordinator [inaudible] and im here with a group of six people to ask you to fund our budget ask for 150,000 to Fund Food Security in the tenderloin. Were bracing to lose another 4,000 meals in the next week. We do see that it will make a significant difference in providing some more meals to those in the tenderloin. The funding would go to help with the tenderloin [inaudible] site that after 6. 5 months fighting for the funding that the tenderloin will be receiving, and it will help a lot with the [inaudible] and the last little point here that ill make is that a majority of our funding will provide 10,000 meals over a sixmonth period directly to 400 homes per week. Thats 400 less people every single day that are vulnerable in the tenderloin going out to get their own meals. So this would definitely reduce the risk of highly vulnerable populations having to go out and get food, there by potentially literally saving lives. So were calling to support our budget asking for 150,000 for Food Security initiatives in the tenderloin, and we have five more speakers. So hi. My name is naomi, and im calling in for the [inaudible] to go to Food Security efforts in the tenderloin. As john mentioned, with this investment, wed be able to support food populations that ordinarily face challenges and have faced increased challenges during the pandemic. [inaudible] folks who may have otherwise been able to cook, they dont have access to materials right now, and other folks may not feel comfortable leaving their homes. By having funding to actually support provision of prepared meals, were able to support communities who feel save in their homes. This is going to provide [inaudible] for different communities, support communities in providing hot meals, community care, and will also provide more culturally appropriate meals for communities. In addition, by providing this funding, it creates a network in the communities, creating a longer sustained effort in the funding. Everyones taking care of itself for a long time. Now we just need funding to continue to do the work. Clerk thank you for your comments. Good morning, supervisors. My name is gabriella ruiz, and im the policy and planning manager at tndc. Im calling to show our support for the Tenderloin Community food budget ask for funds during the covid19 pandemic. As others have stated, the neighborhood has lost thousands of monthly meals due to the cuts from federal funding at sfusd after School Meal Program sites, so we are making this very small request of 150,000 to provide thousands of meals to hundreds of vulnerable residents living in the neighborhood. With the tenderloin having the second highest rate of covid cases in San Francisco, the approval of this budget ask will help reduce the risk of exposure and quite literally save lives. Lastly, sandy fewer, id also like to request our support for defunding of the police and redirecting funds to the black community and ability to respond to crisis on our streets. We hope to have your support. Thank you. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Hello, supervisors. My name is [inaudible], and i live and work in the tenderloin. Im calling in to support the tenderloin collective Food Security ask [inaudible] since the shelter in place began, i put in some time with organizations [inaudible] for people needing food. This budget ask will help us provide the 10,000 meals for over six months to over 400 homes per week. There are at least 400 people who will not have to expose themselves to the virus. This ask saves lives. [inaudible] and the loss of the 8,000 monthly meals due to the loss of federal funding. 150,000 is a drop in the budget relative to the entire city budget but provides the greatest help to the communities. I ask the supervisors to go along with the budget help as it will provide much needed resources for communities like the tenderloin. [inaudible] Crime Prevention starts by funding social programs and creating opportunities. Thank you very much for your time. Clerk thank you very much for your comments. Next speaker, please. Hi, supervisors. My name is kate robinson, and i work with Tenderloin Community benefit district. Today, im calling in support of this tenderloin Food Security collective budget ask of 150,000 for Food Security initiatives in the tenderloin. Food access is the most basic human right, and Food Insecurity disproportionately affects people of color in San Francisco. We must do everything we can to feed our communities. As my colleagues mentioned, the tenderloin has the second highest rate of covid19 cases in San Francisco, and reducing vulnerable population exposure is vital to keeping the tenderloin safe and healthy. Our budget ask will provide 10,000 meals for over six months period directly to 400 homes per week. Thats 400 less people every week being pote