good afternoon, everybody. i m cherie miller. i m located in district 5, and also, i am an originating member of the african american art and cultural district in district 10. the san francisco board of supervisors historic use of laws and policies have targeted and harmed the african american community intentionally and the eventually, and it s the cause of police brutality and the loss of black lives, and our health and wellness in our community. defund sfpd. the police department has not used the public funding for all of the public good. greater funding should be directed more intentionally to community programs and spaces to strengthen us. no more intentional racist laws and policies? find subprime loan lenders. i want to thank all of the supervisors for their work. i look forward to meeting dean preston. i have not met him yet. shamann supervisor shamann walton, thank you for your work and your excellence. we want to continue fighting for our health and wellness and
and security. we stand in solidarity with the budget justice organization that prioritizes and stands with the vulnerable filipino community of san francisco, and i urge you to fund the entire v.j.c. list. clerk: thank you for your comments. good morning, supervisors. thank you for your time of leadership during this covid-19 pandemic and providing services for our indigenous, black, and people of color in san francisco. we are fiscally sponsored by the american developmefilipino development coalition or fadc. since the shelter in place order back in march, the f.c.c., along with fellow fadc organizations had to swiftly just our skills to support those suffering increased unemployment, homelessness, severe food insecurity, increased policing and tenant harassments and evictions. more than 20% of registered nurses are filipino, and many more of our hidden frontliners are filipino senior caregivers, nannies, and housekeepers. our community organizations continue to respond
your district supervisor recently after a very lengthy community iterative process and the expenditure of millions of dollars, two developments trying to go forward could not in fact. and so that is that s what sometimes happens when the risks are great, the costs are high, and we get these great community benefits that then tip those particular parcels and i think you know the two that i m thinking of. i do know the two you are thinking of, and one has been purchased by the city and 100% affordable housing. i don t know if it s the worst outcome from that project. i don t think we need to belabor this point, i don t think you can point to one example and that s what worries me, right? i mean aside from little excellent arguments made by my colleagues around, you know, sort of putting a definition of affordable housing that includes one individual who earns $128,000 a year, which is very problematic, i don t think it would work anyway because what developer who what s
$100,000 more per unit because we can t access federal and state funds for those apartments, and so we have those cost constraints that really are important to consider. if we re putting $100,000 extra to put an apartment that is affordable to somebody at 100% of a.m.i. or 120% of a.m.i. then that means less affordable housing to other groups of people who are desperately in need, like people experiencing homelessness. what we have by increasing the definition of middle-income housing, it does two things. it reaches more middle-income houses, and for a household of three, looking at for a two-bedroom apartment on the market, if instead of paying the market rent, which is about $4600 a month if you re out there on your own, looking for an apartment, you would save $1,000 a month at that 40% a.m.i. rent. $1,000 a month for a working family. that is significant. that makes a difference, and that could be the decisifactor family deciding to stay in san francisco or not. this
affordable housing development so the more affordable housing the better. we have also seen deals and in your district supervisor recently after a very lengthy community iterative process and the expenditure of millions of dollars, two developments trying to go forward could not in fact. and so that is that s what sometimes happens when the risks are great, the costs are high, and we get these great community benefits that then tip those particular parcels and i think you know the two that i m thinking of. i do know the two you are thinking of, and one has been purchased by the city and 100% affordable housing. i don t know if it s the worst outcome from that project. i don t think we need to belabor this point, i don t think you can point to one example and that s what worries me, right? i mean aside from little excellent arguments made by my colleagues around, you know, sort of putting a definition of affordable housing that includes one individual who earns $128,000