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the potion of local homeless coordinating board. when i applied initially and started by job i didn t realize what this is and all of the issues and challenges in san francisco. i am a formerly homeless person myself and i thought i knew the ins and out of the homeless and governing of the homeless community and man i didn t know qawt but i am learning it. i thought this thing my involvement would be two, three hours a month and that s turn into quite a bit more. seems like i am down here everyday in the homeless communities because i have so much interest and concern. i take a day like today and windy and cold and i went by several providers this morning and everyone is full. we have a problem in san francisco and i am sure chicago and detroit can say the same thing but we have a problem in san francisco and it s not getting better. i would like to see it get better. i spend time now trying to build a community. we are getting an influxion i call them immigrants but ....
thursday november 20, 2014. i am supervisor yee and i will be chairing this meeting. i am joined by supervisor katy tang. i guess interim president elect katy tang that is and the clerk today is vector young. the committee would like to acknowledge the staff at sfg tv, jim smith and john stalkhouse who record our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. are there any announcements? yes. please silence all cell phones and electronic devices. any speaker cards and documents should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the december 9 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. okay. can we have a motion to excuse supervisor campos from this meeting? so moved. without objection. that motion passes. [gavel] mr. clerk can you please call item 1. an ordinance for the campaign and governmental conduct code to update the conflict of interest code. i believe we have andrew sun, deputy city attorney who will ....
good afternoon supervisors on this wet thursday afternoon. i am erick brown and i am seated member on the local homeless coordinating board. i have been on the board for approximately six and a half years. i have been the chair of the [inaudible] committee, hud management information system. i have been co-chair for the hearth and how to bring regulations into line with san francisco in the continuum of care. i have worked seallessly i like to think providing homeless services to san franciscans. i worked for catholic charities 14 years last month. i am currently stationed at treasure island and the increase the redevelopment and housing here in san francisco and those folks that need to be housed. there are challenges, the main challenges for keeping people housed. we think once we give them housing it solves all life s problems so we need to explore what it means to put someone in housing and keep them in housing. i am fortunate to say that my team on treasure islan ....
you care for. that came out in two sentences when i met with you earlier. without objection then through the chair i also wanted to clarify that we have been informed there is no residency waiver required as publicized on the agenda but from our understanding that is understand required so we will pass this out to the full board as is. without objection motion passes. congratulations. mr. clerk item number seven. item number seven is a hearing consider appointing one member for the term ending november 19, 2016 to the bicycle advisory committee. there is one seat and one applicant. i think that is elbert hill but i don t see him in the audience. i know him and my appointee to the committee and any public comment on this item? seeing none public comment is closed. i will make the motion. all right. since this is your appointee i will go along with that. without objection elbert hill will be rea pointed. item number eight is a hearing to consider appoint ....
hi briefly. suzie sowza on behalf of the health plan and i wanted to let you know of our joy of her governing the board and she person personifies our mission to take care of the most vulnerable so thank you. thank you very much. any other public comments? seeing none public comment is closed. [gavel] sure. again i had the opportunity to chat with ms. conway beforehand and brings a great why could to us and we had a great chat what it means to be taking care of our most vulnerable population here so i want to thank you for volunteering your time and love to have you appointed and i would like to recommend irene conway for the board and positive recommendation to the full board of supervisors. yeah, and i agree. i just want to thank you for serving on this and a person like this who obviously passionate about what you do and for the people that you care for. that came out in two sentences when i met with you earlier. without objection then through the chair i ....