Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20240713

Clerk yes. [agenda item read]. Supervisor fewer thank you very much. Madam clerk, would you please call item number one. Clerk yes. [agenda item read]. Supervisor fewer thank you very much, and we have mr. Jeremy spitz from the department of public works. Good morning, chair and supervisors. I am jeremy spitz from the department of public works. This is an emergency to repair the hvac at 1235 mission street. It is owned by the San Francisco Unified School District and leased by the distribution agency. There are three hvac units on the top of the building. Two of them were unoperational. Then, on october 3, the final unit failed, and temperatures in the building reached over 90. H. S. A. Is currently using portable units so it is comfortable. I am joined today by scby seve of the staff, and we are happy to answer your questions. Supervisor fewer thank you. Supervisor stefani . Supervisor stefani just a quick question. Did we understand the extent of the repairs at the time we entered into the lease . Sure. Im going to turn that over to scott wall. Yes. Would you mind repeating that . Supervisor stefani yes. Im wondering if we understood the tenant improvements that were needed at the time we actually entered the lease . So the lease was entered into before my time as director, but i would say mantha estimathat estimate was on the low end for tenant costs. That was about 6 million per the lease, but after further investigation and going through the systems, that does look like it was not enough to complete all the necessary repairs to the building. Supervisor stefani okay. So Going Forward, is there a way that youve identified to prevent that from happening in the future . Yes. Quite frankly, we need to do a much better job at assessing Building Systems Going Forward and make sure that those are accounted for in any lease negotiations, especially lease renewal. Supervisor stefani okay. And so will any protocols be put in place to ensure that happens . Absolutely. What i will do as director of h. S. A. Is i would shawork with colleagues at the department of public works to make sure they have an opportunity to design on what repairs may be necessary Going Forward. In addition to that, weve been actively entering items into the citys srrm system through real estate to flag any future potential issues using the standard useful life of various equipment. Supervisor stefani okay. Thank you. Supervisor fewer im sorry. Your name, again . My name is robert walsh. Im the director of operations for human services. Supervisor fewer thank you, mr. Walsh. It seems in the b. L. A. Report that under the terms of the lease of 2014 between h. S. A. And sfusd and actually, i was sitting on the board of education at that time, i vaguely remember this agreement there were tenants improvements of 6 million of which 2. 5 were h. S. A. And 3. 5 were the citys share, and the repairs were to be made by 2017. According to mr. Walsh, which i believe would be you, the repairs were not made because it went to correcting other issues in the building at that time, including elevator repairs along with associated soft costs, so what we see here is that at the time of their agreement, there was 6 million being put toward tenant improvements and the hvac system was supposed to have been upgraded by 2017, and so were here at 2019 with no surprise that it failed. And im just wondering if you might respond to that. Certainly. I would say that i wish it were repaired, but to be just very honest about it, we did know that there were some issues with hvac system, we did not know the extent of it. And the difficult decision was to put the dollars that sfusd had remaining in their 3. 5 million was to the more immediate things. And it was one of those situations where there is no good decision to be made. And while im here now, discussing hvac, we may have had issues with the life and safety system, so we im getting long winded here, but i just supervisor fewer sure. It was a difficult decision to make, most definitely, we tried to do some repairs, but the repairs were not enough to get the system back online. Supervisor fewer so it seems as though the patching up was what you might need, but a complete overhaul was never done. Yeah, thats absolutely correct. Chair fewer you, mr. Walsh, i think itsdits you know, these buildings are old, but my concern is for the people in these buildings. These buildings are old, and it got to the situation where we had to evacuate those people. We got to this point, and it is an emergency situation. So could i hear from the b. L. A. , please . Chair fewer, members of the committee, fred burso from the budget and legislative analysts office. Declaring the emergency allows for the sole source procurement for the project. We did review the 6 million that was initially allowed for for repairs and as you have summarized, the hvac system was not repaired as originally anticipated, nor were Electrical Systems or Plumbing Systems all of which the city is responsible for. So we are recommending approval of the resolution, but adding to it a requirement that h. S. A. Come back to the board with a report by november 30 on what has been done, detailing the costs of the improvement program, and then what has to be done, so thats our recommendation. Chair fewer supervisor mandelman . Supervisor mandelman thank you, chair fewer. My question is for mr. Walsh again. So and not to beat a dead horse, and both vice chair stefani and chair fewer have kind of asked questions along these lines, but we have this recommendation from the b. L. A. Which seems like a reasonable thing, and it seems like a reasonable thing to do before entering into any lease. And i know you werent there, but is it when h. S. A. Enters into a lease, it would seem to me that it would be a best practice to look at the term of the lease, figure out what is likely to break during that time, what money is going to need to get put into fixing those issues or avoiding those issues during that time, and have that kind of, like, forwardlooking assessment for each lease. Sounded like you dont know that that happened with this lease. I cant say. Supervisor mandelman what is your protocol back in 2014 to do that . Unfortunately, im not familiar. Supervisor mandelman and it is the protocol now to do that assessment prior to entering into a lease . Absolutely. This is the case in point right here, to avoid situations like this, quite frankly, and i would agree with you. Supervisor mandelman i would be curious. Did they do the assessment in 2014 and just miss a lot of stuff and you dont know, or did they just think that well, we need a building. School district has a building, well work it out . Who knows. All right. Its hard to speculate, but its probably the latter . Supervisor mandelman okay. I would be more than happy to sit down with my colleagues at sfusd. Supervisor mandelman maybe a little retrospective analysis of what happened here, explaining what the department was doing in 2014 and if it in fact, yes, actually we looked, and we thought there were 3 million of work that needed to be done and we thought there was adequate cushion of the money that was set aside. It would be good for us to have that kind of maybe. And i know youre not asking that question, but it would be a good thing to do just so we dont have it happen again. I completely appreciate and fully agree. Chair fewer supervisor mandelman, so would you like to add that information to the report that was requested by the b. L. A. . I would like to also request that we get an itemized accounting of what happened to the 6 million because it included sidewalk repairs so tell us what you spent the 6 million that was supposed to part of it be spent on the hvac system. So id like to add to the recommendation of the b. L. A. I think there are two more things were requesting. Supervisor mandelman is requesting that you follow up on the 2014 m supervisor mandelman a retrospective analysis of what was done, and whether in hindsight, it was adequate. May i say one thing . Again, i agree with everything that the board and the b. L. A. Is putting forward. I simply may need a little more time than the end of november to do a thorough analysis and dig in what happened. I also need to give time to my colleagues at b. B. R. To look at the systems and do a thorough analysis. I dont want to do this fast and scratch the surface because i do think this is a learning moment and i do understand the goal here. Chair fewer okay. So since we actually, the board was a recess in december. Would the first of the year give you enough time to gather this information and bring it back to the board. Certainly. And i would make it happen if you would insist on the end of november, but i would request time to do it properly. Chair fewer i would amend this to the first meeting back in january. Is there any Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. [gavel]. Chair fewer i would like to make a motion to accept the recommendations of the b. L. A. As amended by the budget here. And we can take that without objection. Thank you very much. [gavel]. Chair fewer and then id like to move that to the full board with a positive recommendation, and we can do that without objection. [gavel]. Chair fewer madam clerk, would you read the next item. [agenda item read]. Chair fewer thank you very much, and we have catherine petrocioni here. Good morning, supervisors. Im here to propose that the board except a resolution to accept a resolution to accept a grant and match from fema. This grant will support the development of an alternative Operations Center for the port at pier 50. The ports primary d. O. C. Is located at port 51, which weve learned is vulnerable in the case of a major earthquake. The court intends to use this funding to install fiber as well as purchase emergency radios and audio visual equipment. I do want to note that while the resolution states that the grant is retroactive, the port has not yet expended any of these funds, and im happy to answer any questions. Chair fewer thank you very much. Lets open this up for Public Comment. Any member of the public like to comment on this . Seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. [gavel]. Chair fewer and can we take this without objection . [gavel]. Chair fewer and madam clerk, would you call the next item. Clerk yes. [agenda item read]. Chair fewer and we have mitch sutton, department of Emergency Management. Good morning. Im mitch sutton, and im here to talk about the Computer Aided Dispatch system. Its a system that we use for dispatching police, medical, fire to 911 calls. This is an important system for us, and we as important that and its important that we keep this system under 247 maintenance. You may recall we have a project to replace the c. A. D. System. Its been approved by coit. We have a project team. Were in the process of hiring a consultant, but that system, were not expecting, to be online until around late 2023, so thats why were here today to extend the Maintenance Agreement with the current vendor for another five years. Now if you have any questions about the c. A. D. Replacement project, the project director is here for that to answer any questions. The document that you have before you is the 2012 agreement which will extend it to october 2024, and it would add 1. 9 million to that agreement for a total not to exceed amount of 1. 5 million. And i believe that sums it up, so if you have any questions, id be free, happy to answer. Chair fewer thank you. Can which hear from the b. L. A. . Item three, and fred russo from the budget and legislative analysts office. This is coming to the board because its going to extend the contract over ten years, and the details on it are on page nine of our report. Because the original contract, 5. 5. 5. 2 million, included acquisitions and other costs, weve provided a contract that showed what the other costs were. Now thisll be 1. 9 million. We do recommend approve of the resolution. Chair fewer thank you very much. Lets open this up for Public Comment. Any members of the public like to comment on item three . Seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. [gavel]. Chair fewer colleagues, any comments or questions . I do have a comment. So mr. Sutton, i understand that this is your last time before the board because you are soon to be retired, is that correct . That is correct. Im not going to dispute that. Chair fewer after three decades of Public Service, is that correct . That is correct. Chair fewer and how long were you in the department of Emergency Management . 20 years. Chair fewer 20 years. So i think wed like to take this opportunity on behalf of the board of supervisors to say thank you for your Public Service, and we wish you much luck and good health in your retirement. My husband retired after 35 years of Public Service as a Police Officer in 2012, and upon his retirement, his last paperwork was in, i remember i kissed my husband and i said, i felt like im kissing a free man. I hope that is with you, too. With that, i thank you for your service. With that, id like to make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. We can take that without objection. [gavel]. Chair fewer madam clerk, would you read the next item. [agenda item read]. Chair fewer thank you very much, and we have with us today, marian carroll, the director of the department of Emergency Management. Good morning, supervisors. Chair fewer good morning. So thank you for hearing this today. I am the director of the department of Emergency Management and just want to take a few minutes to explain the purpose of the grant. San francisco is the regional preparedness grant fiscal agent for the 12 bay counties that encompass the bay area ewasi program. One area is the urban Area Security grant initiative, which we anticipate to be approximately 27. 5 million. The state Homeland Security grant program, the Emergency Management performance grant program, the local Government Oil spill contingency plan grant, and a 2019 Hazard Mitigation grant. So the resolution fulfills our responsibility as the fiscal agent to apply for these grants with a governing body resolution to approve San Francisco as the fiscal agent on behalf of the region. And normally we have not received the grant yet. We anticipate funding levels similar to 2018, but we wont know until that grant comes through. And the grant moneys from the main grant, the ewasi grant, go to fund our management team, which is around 3 million, our core cities allocation, of which San Francisco is one of them. We get 1 million of those 3 million, and then, theres 10 million for regional projects. These grants, San Francisco receives or received last year about 3. 6 million. The majority of the ewasi grant is used to staff our programs. There are 39 Emergency Management and Public Safety positions that are funded. The remaining funds go toward Public Safety equipment or Technology Upgrades and we anticipate that the 2019 grants will be spent similar ly. Chair fewer thank you very much. There is no b. L. A. Report on this. Any comments or questions from my colleagues . Seeing none, lets open this up for Public Comment. Any members of the public like to comment on item number four . Seei seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. [gavel]. Chair fewer miss sutton, i know theres a lot of question around urban shield. I know thats not part of this grant and is sort of the funk at this point, correct . Yeah. Urban shield is a program that was administered under alameda county. Alameda county decided earlier this year that they would no longer administer the program, so essentially, urban shield no longer exists. We in this past year had to reallocate Training Exercise funds to the counties, and were currently going through an r. F. P. Process for all of the training and exercise programs. Chair fewer okay. So that is good news. Id like to make this to a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. Thank you. [gavel]. Chair fewer madam clerk, can you please read the next item. Clerk yes. [agenda item read]. Chair fewer thank you very much, and we have monica chinchilla, who is the legislative aide for supervisor fewers office. Yes. The matter before you is allowing the director of real estate to waive base rent for the nonprofit tenants clinic by the bay and arts ban for up to six months. We are bringing this matter before you because we know that Construction Costs are high, and we want to allow these nonprove tenants the ability to nonprofit tenants to complete their application as soon as possibility. Also here with me is the director of real estate, enrique pena, who can answer any questions. Chair fewer very good. Lets open this up to Public Comment. Any comment from the public on this . Seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. Any comments or questions from my colleagues . And we can move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. [gavel]. Chair fewer madam clerk, would you please the next item, please. [agenda item read]. Supervisor fewer colleagues, id like to make a motion to continue this one week. Before i do, id like to open this up for Public Comment. Any member of the public like to comment on this . Id like to continue this to week o one week to the meeting on october 30. Any objection . Well do that without objection. Madam clerk, is there any other business before us today . Clerk theres no further business. Chair fewer we are adjourned. Thank you. [gavel] sustainability mission, even though the bikes are very Minimal Energy use. It Still Matters where the energy comes from and also part of the mission in sustainability is how we run everything, run our business. So having the lights come on with clean energy is important to us as well. We heard about cleanpowersf and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. It was super easy to sign up. Our bookkeeper signed up online, it was like 15 minutes. Nothing has changed, except now we have cleaner energy. Its an easy way to align your environmental proclivities and goals around Climate Change and its so easy that its hard to not want to do it, and it doesnt really add anything to the bill. 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 Kelly Densmore who is the new director of the office of Sexual Harassment and assault response and prevention. So tonights theme is building pathways to safety. We recognize that Domestic Violence is an issue that impacts every gender, race, sexual orientation, immigration status, and we need to meet our Diverse Community members where they are. We are so proud of our Partner Agencies that work so hard every day to expand womens safety. If you are from one of our Partner Agencies, make some noise. [cheers and applause] please stay until the end of the event. As the sunsets, city hall will be let let purple for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This is the only time of the month that it will glow purple. It is truly magnificent. A wonderful selfie shot. So i want to welcome we are welcoming our president , the commission on the status of women, the strongest Womens Commission in the country. Lets give that a cheer. [cheering] the president the lifelong advocate for women and girls and has acted as a champion for policy change in education and community and economic development. She just stepped off a plane from india, so please help me welcome president rhianna zawart hi, everyone. I am very honored be here and to represent the strongest commission in the country. Im joined tonight by our Vice President , commissioners. Can we give it up for our commissioners . [applause] the reason why this commission and this department is so important is because every day we live the theme of this month which is building pathways to safety. According to the National Coalition against Domestic Violence, an average of 20 americans experience Domestic Violence every minute. That is 10 million victims in a single year in the u. S. And according to the coalition, Domestic Violence survivors receive 8 million lose 8 million working days. The numbers are there and they are scary. We cant get lost in the numbers because we have to remember what happens when people are victims and survivors of Domestic Violence. And what im proud of today with this commission is that we have provided an impressive dented 8. 6 million in funding to communitybased organizations working across the city to support victims and survivors of violence and their families with crisis lines, counseling, case management, legal services, emergency and transitional shelters. Can we give it up for a . 6 million in services for the city and county . [cheers and applause] for example, we provide essential funding to three Domestic Violence shelters including the first in the nation, the asian womens shelter pick the first in california [speaking spanish] and st. Vincent de paul society. Through these grants, we are serving thousands of victims and survivors. 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 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 guest of honor here . Fantastic. With that, i want to introduce someone who i am honored to work with. Our supervisor Catherine Stefani , i know is not afraid to stand up and defend survivors and his leadership in this city and county is unprecedented when it comes to finding pathways to safety. Give it up for supervisor stefani. [cheers and applause] thank you so much. I want to thank the department on the status of women and the Domestic Violence consortium for sponsoring todays event and everyone who came out today to show your support. It is an honor to join Many Community partners as we continue to fight against Domestic Violence. I look forward to the day when we dont have to do this. We have made great progress in the city but we know we have a lot more work to do. According to a recent United Nations report, the most dangerous place for a woman around the world is in her home. More than half of all women, homicide victims in recent years , were killed by their partners or relatives, and while we know that it is not just women who are affected by Domestic Violence, women are far more likely than men to experience violence in the home. In the United States, more than one in three women will report experiencing abuse by domestic partners in their lifetime. This abuse impacts not only the victims, but entire families and communities. One domestic abusers have access to guns, the effects are deadly. We know that over half of female victims were killed by the partners in the United States are killed with guns. If you are a woman in the United States, you are 16 times more likely to die by gun violence by an intimate partner then in other countries and we also know that most Mass Shootings in the United States, over 50 of them, are related to Domestic Violence listen to this statistic. This one blew me away. 92 of all women killed with guns in highincome countries in 2015 were from the United States 92 is absolutely unacceptable. We know that, and in so many cases, Law Enforcement and families feel powerless to stop tragedies. We have been hamstrung and getting weapons out of the hands who would harm their partners and family members, and there is no single way to win the fight against Domestic Violence, but we will not win unless we continue to bring attention to this important issue and pass legislation at every single level of government. That is why i will introduce my ordinance to implement the gun violence restraining order law and a very happy to be doing that with the help of deputy chief lazar. Gun violence restraining order laws give families and Law Enforcement the power to temporarily remove an individual s access to firearms before they commit acts of violence. Is also known as red flag laws. Gun violence restraining orders save lives. I look forward to passing this legislation at the board of supervisors and continuing to work for commonsense legislation to protect those affected by Domestic Violence. It is really so inspiring to be here surrounded by our citys leaders and advocates who are all working, we are all on the same page, to end Domestic Violence in San Francisco and i look forward to continuing that work with you all. Thank you. [applause] thank you so much, supervisor stefani. A couple other folks to recognize. Representing the sheriffs office, we have deputy kathy johnson. Give a wave. [applause] i will invite back to the podium president zawart to introduce our very special guest tonight. I am back and i am really honored again to be back to introduce one of my personal heroes. The mayor of San Francisco london breed, who is a committed and compassionate womens rights advocate who we know is not afraid to stand up to defend survivors and under his leadership the city has been working to further prevent. I think that is key here. We cant erase, there is no silver bullet, but this mayor is committed to preventing this every single day. Without further ado, mayor breed [applause] thank you. Good evening, everyone. I want to thank each and every one of you for being here to recognize something that is so critical to what we need to do in terms of the work of the city and county of San Francisco, and that is honoring and remembering survivors of Domestic Violence and making sure that their memories are not forgotten, that we do not forget who they are, in some of the challenges that they experienced. In fact, we know all too well the history of our city and our country. In fact, the neighborhood that i grew up in, it was not uncommon to sadly see men beat up their girlfriends and their wives. And when the police would get called on occasion, and i have had this experience directly, they would come and sadly, in some cases, people would pretend as if nothing ever happened and no one would be held accountable for that because the fact is, so many of those women were living in fear, in fear of what might happen if they did stand up, and the times on the kinds of situations they were in requires us to make sure that we are doing more to protect people. To make sure that no matter what relationship you are in, that you shouldnt have to fear your partner, your spouse, or fear that you dont have support or Resources Available to you to help in case you are in a situation like that. We are here today to remember that there is still work to be done. In fact, here in San Francisco, although we have invested millions of dollars over 8. 5 million into programs and services and resources that help those who tragically are victims of Domestic Violence and help with crisis hotlines and help with shelter and other access to services, we know that there is still work to be done and we are committed to the work. We also know that sadly, in the bayview Hunters Point community, we are seeing record numbers of Domestic Violence incidents that have been reported. As a result, we have to be focused on new ways in which we can make it easier to help people who are in need of help. In the San Francisco police department, we have launched a new opportunity for an app that is called hard. It is an application that, using technology, that assist Police Officers right on the spot with identifying what is happening in the situation, and asking the right questions, and more importantly, how we directly connect people who are victims with services right away. It is the first step in so many other things that we know we can do as a safety to be innovative, to be creative around creating opportunities to connect people to resources. Knowing that, is tough for someone maybe, it can happen to anyone at any given time, and any relationship. So it is important that we continue to provide the supports , to provide the resources, to remember the tragedies that have occurred, to never forget those, was specially who have lost their lives, and to really commend and thank the survivors who have come forward to tell their story and to be advocates for change around this most critical issue. Today and tonight, in fact, we light up city hall in the color purple. The purple the color that recognizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month in San Francisco , and when we see San Francisco lit up this color today, we think about the people , the experiences, the stories, the challenges that have existed, but more importantly, we think about the resilience of such an Incredible Community of people who have stepped up, told their story, and really have been able to make change happen. The difference between what happened in the past when i was growing up and what happens now, when there is an issue of Domestic Violence and the police come, someone is going to be held accountable. It took a long time to get to that point, but we are in a better place with more work that needs to be done, and i know, with the commission on the status of women, with the San Francisco police department, with so many incredible nonprofit organizations that continue to work on so many of these issues every single day, that it is only a matter of time before we finally get to a better place where we dont lose a life over Domestic Violence in the city and in the country. Thank you all for coming out today and for your advocacy and work and support on this very critical issue in our city. [cheers and applause] thank you so much. Another round of applause for the leadership of mayor london breed. We are so excited about this new announcement that will really bring more of the victims survivors services. We are really excited about that our next speaker is beverly upton, executive director of the Domestic Violence consortium, which brings together an incredible network of organizations to support survivors of Domestic Violence and their families. Beverly was a key partner in putting together tonights event please join me and giving her a warm welcome. [applause] thank you so much. Im so honored to stand here with emily again this year. We have lighted city hall purple for about a decade and we have seen a lot of progress in that decade. We have been gathering here to show the citys commitment to ending Domestic Violence, violence against women, and violence towards San Franciscos most vulnerable residents. We gather here today to honor those who certainly have survived and are here with us. They are our heroes, but this is also a time that we get together and honor the folks that are answering the crisis line 24 hours a day, that are running the shelters, 24 7, 365 days a year. [cheers and applause] keeping survivors and their children safe. Lots of children in shelter. Im sure you will hear more. They are teaching, training, working with survivors, working with youth, we have a pil you we have youth here today. They are taking the tough cases. They are getting the restraining orders, they are taking these complex cases that are so confusing and there are so many details, and the abuse has gone on for so long, it takes a good, Legal Community to unravel those cases, support their survivors, and take them where they need to go. We have that. I see jerel here, i say kimberley here, i see our attorneys from the justice and diversity center. We want to honor you for being in the trenches and really coming through for survivors and their kids. This is what we are here for today. This is what the mayor is supporting, this is what the department and the commission on the status of women are supporting. This team of survivors here, now , 24 hours a day, but we wouldnt be here without our city partners. Emily and her team at the department on the status of women are such great leaders. They support 24 hours a day these agencies. They help us make sure that our staff are right and help us tell the story. They help us connect with city hall every day. They help us connect with the commission on the status of women. None of us would be here without our city partners. We wouldnt be here without the Mayors Office, we wouldnt be here without mayor breed, and we wouldnt be here without the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors works with us every year to make sure that we have the resources we need to meet new communities where they are, to support our immigrant brothers and sisters, our transgender brother and sisters, our native american brothers and sisters. Absolutely. As mayor breed said, we have a lot to do. We have more to do, and we are going to need more resources, but i know they will be there when we need them. There are heroes. When we look at our native sisters working to end Domestic Violence, when we look at the Transgender Community looking to 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 out of the hands of abusers and stockers. So their lives in the lives of children count. We are all here to do everything we can to end Domestic Violence in every community to make San Francisco the safest city in the nation. Can we do more . Yes. Must we do more . Yes, and we will. Thank you so much. [applause] thank you so much, beverly. Under mayor london breed, she has made a historic investment in these services. The largest budget ever for services to victims and their families of Domestic Violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. We are really blessed to be in a city that is making this huge investment. I want to recognize a few more people. Nicole from the Mayors Office helped make today happen. [applause] kelly has joined us from the Human Rights Commission and the sharp office. Tammie bryant from the San Francisco county democratic central committee, we need our Political Leadership here as well, and we have our friends from san mateo county, our Domestic Violence advocates from our neighboring county who are here. As i mentioned, the theme of tonights event is building pathways to safety. Domestic violence is often the cause of homelessness, especially for our Lgbtq Community and families with children. Our Partner Agencies play a vital role in providing services to survivors of violence and we are fortunate to have a diverse set of services to reach our diverse population. Just a reminder, we will be lighting city hall purple and concluding tonight will be the red womens lightning group. Lets hear it for them. [applause] so tonight we want to recognize the commitment and hard work of our partners who provide emergency shelter. Our next week our next speakers represent organizations that do this every day. Join me in welcoming the executive protect project director of the first asian women shelter in the country. [applause]. Good evening. My name is orchid. I have orchid coloured glasses and i am ready for this years Domestic Violence Awareness Month press conference with all of you. I am here with asian womens shelter, and with every person here who believes that ending Domestic Violence is key to building healthy, safe, and hopeful communities. So this year, 2019, it actually marks the 30th anniversary of the first time that the u. S. Congress passed legislation to designate october as national Domestic Violence Awareness Month. And when they passed that legislation for the first time in 1989, it was eight years after the National Coalition against Domestic Violence. It had grown an initial day of unity in 1981 into a week, and then a month of events. These events were designed to do three things that we are still doing today. One is to mourn those and to honor those who have been killed by people perpetrating Domestic Violence, two, to celebrate and to support those who have survived and are still surviving today. And three, to connect those who work to end violence so that we can lean on each other, uplift each other, and amplify our longevity and our impact beyond what any of us could do if we were in isolation from each other. So 30 years later, we have come a long way and clearly, we are not going anywhere because our job is not done yet. We have so many to honor and mourn here in our city, as well as across our state, nation, and world. Whether they were killed by their perpetrators, framed by them, had their mysterious deaths covered up by them, or were driven to suicide or selfharm by the people who made their life unlivable. We also, 30 years later, we have so many to support and to celebrate as they rebuild their lives from rockbottom after having given up everything to try to carve out a new future for themselves and for their children, and because violence travels intergenerational he, for their childrens children. They survivors are champions who are trying to reroute this intergenerational violence and carve out a new lifeline for their family. Amidst odds that i think would make most of us at least to me, not be able to get up in the morning. And 30 years later, we have so many more of us who are working to end violence and who have been gifted the progress that has been made by those who came before us. But still, we have to be here and we have to be really loud. We have to be really clear, we have to be really confident and sure about what we are doing, and we are. Theyre still people in forces out there who are perpetuating myths about Domestic Violence and to need our help to become more aware. They still think Domestic Violence isnt actually that big of a deal, that it is a contained issue, that it is special interest or it is private or it is personal, it is about anger or it is about alcoholism, and that theres nothing we can do because its about individual people and individual people are who they are. Some people are just inherently more violent and others are inherently more submissive. We are here every single month, and especially in october to take those myths and grind them to a pulp and flush them. We know they are not true. We are here 30 years later using this platform to say Domestic Violence, it is personal, it is private, and it is social. Is political. We are showing that this is an issue that we pay a tremendous price, an unacceptable price for allowing to continue. At the asian women shelter here in San Francisco, we know that Domestic Violence is interwoven into every single issue that we are arguing about in the country right now. Immigration, gun violence, guncontrol, homelessness, workforce development, poverty, gender, justice, policing, equal pay, all of it. And now 30 years later, we have more data. Others have mentioned some of these pieces. On average, 20 to 24 people per minute, that means we are approaching 100 since i have been talking. Our victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States. Ten to 12 Million People over the course of a year. That is completely unacceptable. In a 16 year study ending in 2010, while we know Domestic Violence victimizes people across the gender spectrum, that study showed four in five victims were female identified. When we look at the numbers, the risk factors for women living with disabilities for survivors who are indigenous, survivors who are black, survivors who are transgender, undocumented, who speak limited english, we know the pathways that we have to create, they dont look the same way. We have to have all kinds of different pathways that address the different barriers and challenges that different survivors face in our communities and our neighborhoods and in nurse neighborhoods and families. We will have to recognize, as has also been said before, the kids. The kids. Nationally, the majority of people who abuse their intimate partner do so in front of the kids. And 50 also abuse their children, but over and over, week after week, in our counties here in the bay area, we see decisions made that dont reflect knowledge of this. That somehow think that you can terrorize your intimate partner but be an amazing parents. That is not true. In 2018, every town for gun Safety Report indicated that at least 50 4 of Mass Shootings in the United States revealed that the perpetrator also shot a current or former intimate partner or family member. Over 54 . And almost 100 of those perpetrators of Mass Violence have histories of violence or verbalized violence and hatred against women. We cant say that they are unconnected anymore. We cant say Domestic Violence is private and personal anymore, that it