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End Domestic Violence in their community, we are so happy to see you and we are so happy to stand with you always. Survivors and their children are our heroes. They take the courage every year they are beyond heroic every day to step out of violent situations and risk becoming homeless or worse. They risk it because of this safety net here. We have to get rid of gun violence, we have to protect our citizens, we have to protect our residents, our most Vulnerable People in San Francisco and we can do it. I think supervisor stefani really gave us a good task. Lets get this legislative work going, lets work with the Police Department, lets get guns out of the hands of abusers and stockers. It is pretty simple. Dont let anyone make it complex for you. It is not o ....
First off, i want to give a huge shout out to the Domestic Violences consortium and fearless leader of the event, beverly upton. [cheers and applause] Domestic Violence is an issue that spans many departments and agencies here in San Francisco. As a safety, we have worked very hard to develop strong partnerships. I want to welcome supervisor Catherine Stefani. [cheers and applause] supervisor safai, City College Trustee i. V. Lee, fire chief janine nicholson, we welcome her david lazar. Representing San Francisco airports, front seth francesca garcia, and on her way is the sharp director Kell ....
Ombudsmen at laguna honda. Any role that we could play in a corrective action plan or protecting and advocating for Resident Safety i think would be strongly welcomed by the Ombudsman Program. Can i ask you a question. You mentioned that the Ombudsman Program would like to expand its support to residents or patients at laguna honda. Is there a specific proposal around that . As you may know, the Ombudsman Program is really staffed by volunteers. For that reason and because of limited funds, i would guess there would be a lot of constraints around significantly expanding the role of the ombudsman presence at laguna honda. That said, we are actually undertaking that. So we are right now forming more of a Gr ....
In 2017, our partners filled in 25,000 service calls, provided 25,000 hours of counseling and reach 12,000 individuals in violence education and prevention programs. Our Strong Network of partners and Provider Services and dozens in dozens of languages works to ensure that their work with the survivors is done in a culturally competent and sensitive way. Again, we always look past the numbers and the humanity. The people that faces every day to make sure that we are providing the needs of this community. So make some noise again for our Partner Agencies who are doing this work every day. We are so proud of you. [applause] even with all of that, the demand is greater than the supply. For every one person served in our Emergency Shelters, we are about four peo ....
This work every day. We are so proud of you. [applause] even with all of that, the demand is greater than the supply. For every one person served in our Emergency Shelters, we are about four people who are turned away every day and placed outside of San Francisco. We have to do better. There is more work to be done to ensure that survivors and their families are on a path toward safety. Every day, survivors are faced with the impossible choice between remaining in an abusive environment that are potentially lifethreatening, relieving and becoming homeless. Or leaving and becoming homeless. We must invest in expanded services and more shelter spaces for Domestic Violence and their families. By providing safe places for survivors and supporting them to rebuild their lives, we can break the cycle of violence. Is our gu ....