Criminalization. [speaking spanish] translator they are part of our community and we should respect them. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Public good afternoon. I too would like to thank for doing this. I have been familiar with the plaza and the area around the plaza for 20 years. And it has been the object of the most outrageous forms of neglect and has been treated as a drug containment zone without any attempt to solve the underlying injustices and problems that are generating the amount of drug use we are seeing in the plaza. This neglect contributes whether intentionally or not, to the disinvestment that is now being used as an excuse to general gent identify as people become more desperate both economically and to using and selling drugs and to other forms of behavior that have to do with getting by out of here desperation. Im grateful we are taking steps to clean the plaza and assist people with their struggles. I would ask we remain along this track and not allow this to b
Because we believe it is the most efficient way to help people experiencing homelessness. Is this a good investment . I called this hearing to understand how does the department of homelessness think about, quote, success . Success looks different to different people and i want to make sure we are on the same page and were getting a good solid return on our investment. So, im going to frame this hearing in three different parts. Im interested in three top issues. First, getting people off the streets. In particular i want to know how many people have we moved into the theyre congratulations centers Navigation Centers . How many go back on to the streets after their maximum 60day stay . Do any people return to Navigation Centers after the 60day stay . I want to understand the services that are being offered. Whats the percentage of people what percentage of people are taking advantage of services and which services are they taking advantage of . Does that percentage increase on a second
Are just that, a part of the system. This is just a quick snapshot of homelessness in the city and how it is directed. Primarily in districts six, ten and nine. And on the next slide you see this is the distribution of housing shelters, nav centers and all Homeless Services in the city, again concentrated primary in districts six, nine and ten based on the where the populations are. Then theres housing spread throughout the city. In some cases just one or two facilities there. Im going to skip over slides. This isnt a presentation about our strategic framework. But there are many components to it. Maybe a couple i should highlight. One being we talk about problem solving, which is because we have so many people coming into the system every year, we need to find ways to divert them out of the system as quickly as possible. And problem solving is things like eviction prevention, flexible grants. Just the other day we helped a family who was about to become homeless because the father was
Are just that, a part of the system. This is just a quick snapshot of homelessness in the city and how it is directed. Primarily in districts six, ten and nine. And on the next slide you see this is the distribution of housing shelters, nav centers and all Homeless Services in the city, again concentrated primary in districts six, nine and ten based on the where the populations are. Then theres housing spread throughout the city. In some cases just one or two facilities there. Im going to skip over slides. This isnt a presentation about our strategic framework. But there are many components to it. Maybe a couple i should highlight. One being we talk about problem solving, which is because we have so many people coming into the system every year, we need to find ways to divert them out of the system as quickly as possible. And problem solving is things like eviction prevention, flexible grants. Just the other day we helped a family who was about to become homeless because the father was
Are just that, a part of the system. This is just a quick snapshot of homelessness in the city and how it is directed. Primarily in districts six, ten and nine. And on the next slide you see this is the distribution of housing shelters, nav centers and all Homeless Services in the city, again concentrated primary in districts six, nine and ten based on the where the populations are. Then theres housing spread throughout the city. In some cases just one or two facilities there. Im going to skip over slides. This isnt a presentation about our strategic framework. But there are many components to it. Maybe a couple i should highlight. One being we talk about problem solving, which is because we have so many people coming into the system every year, we need to find ways to divert them out of the system as quickly as possible. And problem solving is things like eviction prevention, flexible grants. Just the other day we helped a family who was about to become homeless because the father was