A reminder to those in attendance sill vennes electronics to preupon vent interruptions to our proceedings. Should you have documenting to be included as part of the file they should be submitted to myself. Public upon comment on each item on the agenda. When Public Comment is open line you believe to speak on the west to the right along the curtains and not necessary to provide comment we invite to you fill out a card and leave them on the tray to the left of the doors if you want to be recorded for the minutes. I may submit comment in writing e mail them to myself the appropriation clerk brent. Jalipa sfgov. Org and if you submit it via e mail tell be forkeded to the supervisors and include part of the official file. You may sends written comments u. S. Postal service to city hall, 1 dr. Carlton b. Goodlett place room 244, San Francisco, california, 94102. Thank you, madam chair. Thank you. And colleagues this is the second of the 3 hearing to help this committee to get a head start on the budget process. Last weeks hearing addressed the citys issues around homelessness. Supportive housing and tenant protection service. Today we hear from the d. Early childhood. Office labor standard enforcement and the presentation from our Community Partners who provide that work along side the city departments. They provide support and services to most vulnerable communities. They make sure all have access to critical services. After the presentation i ask Committee Members to hold questions until we hear from the public. This way our questions are reflected based on the Public Comments we also hear. And i welcome any clothes to have opening remarks if interested . Nobody on the roster we will continue with this presentation and the first that we have is from the d. Early childhood. Madam chair i should call the item nile apologies item one. Of course. A hearing on the citys budgetary decisions regarding funding of essential city service prioritize care giving and security. Family and youth serving programs and resources and supporting support of Economic Security and initiatives reaching low wage and nonprofit workersch thank you. My apologies about earlier today we will have our executive director from the San Francisco ingrid. Good afternoon. Supervisor and chair chan. And members of the budget and ordinance appropriation committee. Excuse me while i fix this microphone. We forwarded i think up on the screen. The questions that you had forwarding our department and spends know plan planning regarding any of the potential service cuts from our department. And im happy to say that our department expects no service cuts for next fiscal year. We are the new department which was a merger of first like San Francisco and office of early care and education. Part of that merger included expansion of service under baby prop c that was approved by voter in 2018. But held up in court for years and foiblely we were able to implement the plan we submit to the board of supervisors several years ago. We have a vision for San Francisco for Early Childhood. And that is for every upon child in San Francisco to have the best start in life. And that our city is the great place to raise a family. And o our submission to weave every resource we can to support Family Community and the system so that all children who grow up in San Francisco have a Strong Foundation of health and learning. With that, we are plan irrelevant is to create long Lasting Impact on children and families so they enjoy Solid Foundation for future success. And in our first year of operations the merged department not only we established the department of Early Childhood and established a Strategy Plan. As part of that plan to make sure that all children entering k are entering ready. Red to learn. And so we have been conduct circumstance Readiness Survey with San Francisco cubeified since 200 upon 7. We completed the last one as limp in addition to this, had current year have been in expansion mode and will continue for several years to come. The last several years, we add over 6,000 new slots in San Francisco for early care and education. Which means what that translates to is more families are subsidy eligible. For childcare vouchers. We increase that threshold up to 110 of area Median Income. So families for example that are making up to 152,000 a year are now eligible for financial assistance. So they can their children can engi a high quality early care and education experience. In addition to that, we provided 352 grants. To expand childcare facilities including creation of new early care and education slots. And improving the existing Early Learning is thats we have now. And we cant do this without the support and the workforce of the early care and education teachers with that baby prop c is something that is not really known across the country only San Francisco can benefit from this. And thanks to the voters of our city, over 2800 teachers received compensation meaning they get a wage august amation that is to retain and to attract people in the early care and education field. Some teachers seen a 47 increase in their Salary Example that is one and we other only ones doing it in the nation. And so we should be proud of that. So this upon spans over the entire city. And so some of the things i think that would be really important to say today is that not only are we impacting the lives of children but the people who make update system of care. And through our workforce comization has stabilized the workforce allows us to condition to expand early care and education opportunity for children and families. Most of the people who receive the compensation augmentation have nothing but positive things to say of how this impacted their lives and their economic well being and economic mobility. And so we are not only presenting you just general data of what thoez people have to say but also impact of what that does on the Early Learning system. And i mentioned before am part of our work has been about look at Childrens School readiness and this we have been doing as a city since 2007 and we with San FranciscoUnified School District have done a study of children looking at their paths since 20007 and 9. When they enter k to see how well they were doing. We are a readiness gap. And that is mostly made up by children of color the pandemic did not help weer an up swing better gain in childrens readiness small gains but we believe that by throughout investments that we are enabling well start narrowing that gapful the study really showed that if you start behind you stay behind. So even with any boost that we try to provide after children entered kindergarten it is ditch for them to catch up. So, i leave you the data so you see that the investments in early care and education are twofold. Not just in the impact we do in childrens life course but the impact on the people who are part of the system. Not with standing the families or the early care providers part of the system. Our goal is about narrowing the readiness gap and this is why our planning process for the last few years and continues to be is about impacting childrens opportunity and ensuring they have the highest and best possible experience in Early Childhood. Our investments with baby prop c allows you to do this is being able to really focus infant well being the ways of impacting childrens readiness is start early as possible. And so that we need to ensure that what we funds is not the childcare itself but also the well being of children in the paces and so we are funding high quality sponsive infant and toddler care to encower families they have acsxesz it is foordzable but that childrens learn suggest impacted. Of course we cant do this without the workforce and thats why we investing heavy low in the recruitment of new people coming in the field. But their journal and he path ways. They can have economic mobility being part of the early care and education workforce. This work over the next several years will focus on the inclusion of children with special nieced. We have been doing early identification. What happens when children have needs the supports and service are limited at this point and part of our work again to ensure that children School Readiness is impacted we want to make sure that children with special needs have care cordination and special services and that family vs access to them. Our work is connecting resources in the system. They are informs and engages and in power to support children they care for every day and through the years. As we look forward, the things that we have done what we are currently doing and also what we will do we will continue on v. Ing again first of the kinds investment in the early care and education workforce. Through the cares program a teacher stipend and Early Learning for low and moderate income families this is one of the kinds. Dont see it anywhere else other than San Francisco. And deepning the investments in places we know, as we do a universal system. Of care. We also have to have targeted services and ensuring that children who are in our Early Learning facilities have really beautiful insmiering places to attends. And that Family Childcare homes have access to resource. And as we go in a new funding cycle for our Family Support system which is called the Family Resource centers. We are looking at ensuring that children, families and care givers have access to resources so parents and their children are also reaching their developmental mile stones. Part of our sum row is the same as it has been the last few years. The majority of funding guess toward Early Learning. 75 our budget is dedicated toward Early Learning. The rest is around support and wrap around supports and child and family well being and 14 for administration that 14 also includes baby prop c15 tax that returned the general fund. Really our Actual Administration of the service and Grant Funded Program system to a minimum. Thank you. Thank you. We will hold the questions and then we will do the all the presentation and Public Comment and then come back. To have a more robust discussion based on Public Comment and presentations. I think once we start diving in the it is a lot. And so with that, lets go to office of labor standard and enforcement. Thank you. Thank you. Chair chan and supervisors walon, melgar and president supervisor peskin im tom the director of office of labor standards enforcement. Thank you for the opportunity to present today. We have slides loaded. If the slides are not coming up. The office of labor enforcement established by unanimous vote of the board of supervisors in october of 2000. Initially responsible for prevailing wage enforcement expanded to include enforcement of 36 labor policies. And many of them the first in the nation. At one point there is a number of emergency ordinance lapsed following the pandemic. There has been some enand flow and since inception the office of labor standards enforcement collected 150 Million Dollars on behalf of workers. And excess of 20 million last fiscal year. Our Mission Statement relevant to budget conversations San Francisco office of labor enforcement advances the welfare San Francisco workers through the enforcement of labor laws. Public education and high quality Public Service. Thank you. Labor laws. High questions of law Public Service. Supporting a strong atmosphere of labor compliance went city of San Francisco. So, in service to the goal, and with special attention to low wageim grant and nonenglish speaking workers, maintains multilingual staff. Cantonese, mandarin, spanish, fill pino and vietnamese. Staff are always available in person during regular Business Hours for walk ins, hot line calls and e mail responses. Off hour inquiries receive response no less than a business day. San francisco labor laws are posted requirements in all work places. Those postings are provide by office labor and enforced under financial penalty to all employers. Comprehensive website available in multiple languages including rerecords webinars and averaging more than 30,000 hits a month on our website. And then lastly, significant to todays conversation professional service with Community Based organizations. The lead organize Chinese Progressive Association and subcontractors asian law caucus. Laws. Central legal the lower Street Community service fill Pino Community center and south of Market Action network. And workers united. Regarding budget impacts and our role throughout budget process, not a stands alone departmentful we dont interact directly with the mayors budget staff that would happen through General Service administration and the city administrator. We received instruction wynns consistents with all other offices and departments. 10 next fiscal year and 10 again the following. With a 5 contingency. Internalally identified one rep e eliminated and increased attrition savings. We seek out ref now from departments and expanded obligations to both sfo and puc commission. Outside of those the other areas for cuts is the General Service condition tract. Unfortunately, and so that has born and significant better than these cuts. The proposed cuts affect Department Service tell affect Department Service and gauge the extent of it. And seems this is still we sdroept directives or any specific decisions from the Mayors Office for this. I of course this might be a purpose of todays convening. So. It is difficult to assess the out reach impacts associated with our contract and how the cuts will affect compliance. In terms of how many people might be affected. Again very doyle assess or measure the impact. I will say ose experienced really strong out come. Upon general metrics during the pandemic. We did implement a number of efficiency throughout the office. And we are limited in the number we can implement toward out come. Likely this , would have adverse impact in the metrics and deliverables of the office. I will make myself available for questions. Thank you. Next we will have our Community Coalition. To make verbal presentation. I see we have a large crowd here and we love everyone to be seated. And turn off your device and that shortly well dp to Public Comment and limited one minute and announcement then g. To our Community Coalition for the presentation today. And i believe the first weave have oepeiu local 29. Hello. Im the chief steward for local 29. Speak closer to the mic. Can you hear me okay. I was born and raise in the San Francisco. I. A product of the Nonprofit Community programs that help me. For 25 years i have worked for communities for cats. Which used to be cats. I care for the am [inaudible] homeless parents that become ill from living on the streets. I got a pay raise for 25 dollars on that i live in San Francisco. It is not enough. Nonprofit workers need Economic Security. We pay rent, buy food. We pay for transportation in our communities. We need to keep working people in the community. As a steward, i educate my cowork and teach them about their rights. We fight together for a liveable wage. Please, support us. We need full funding for workers the communities and the people who depends on us. Next. [speak spanish]. Good afternoon im garcia i have been work nothing the Restaurant Industry for 4 years live in the tenderloin and i am here representing delaworkers united. Kuth the budget for organizations that support workers immigrant wys have a negative affect for us and families. If one does not know their rights such as sick days special breaks and minimum wage they dont know how to defend themselves. Without the organizations we are unprotects. As a member i have learned that employers know the laws but do not follow them. They abuse the laws they think we dont know what they are. I will use