Transcripts For SFGTV BOS Budget And Finance Appropriations Committees 20240713

Madam clerk, can you please call item 5. Clerk yes. Item 5 is a resolution authorizing the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development to accept and expend a gift of 100,000 from San Francisco 722 montgomery. Chair fewer supervisor peskin, do you have anything you would like to add . Supervisor peskin i would like to thank steven sang for accommodating my request for this additional 100,000 on top of the inclusionary fees and interest and the Mayors Office of housing for preparing for the accept and expend and recommend it to you for full recommendation to the board of supervisors. Chair fewer thank you. Is amy chan here from mohcd . Okay. Supervisor peskin, is this something that you want to present on since emmy chan is not in the audience today . Supervisor peskin so yeah, sure, im happy to present. This is a gift to the Affordable Housing fund of the city and county of San Francisco in the amount of 100,000 from the developer of 722 montgomery street. Chair fewer okay. No b. L. A. Report on this. Any questions or comments from my colleagues . Seeing none, lets make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. [gave [gavel]. Chair fewer madam clerk, please call item 1. [agenda item read] [agenda item read] [agenda item read]. Chair fewer thank you very much. We have michelle and luke from the Controllers Office presenting today. Yes. Good morning, members of the committee. Thank you for hearing this item. Just to introduce it briefly, this is a resolution authorizing issuance of general obligation refunding bonds. It was to be heard at the february 12 meeting of this committee, and we asked for it to be continued until today because we had some technical amendments that needed to be made upon the advice of our bond counsel and the City Attorneys Office which weve distributed to you in a red line for your review. Upon review by the City Attorneys Office, theyve deemed them nonsubstantive technical amendments, so were hoping, supervisor, that you off one of your colleagues could approve the resolution that weve given to you and recommended the amended version out of committee today. Chair fewer excuse me. Are these amendments substantive . The City Attorney has determined theyre not. Chair fewer thank you very much. Additionally, upon coordination with the budget and legislative analysts office, we understand that theyre going to be recommending some additional minor technical changes to the language in this resolution. Theyre not incorporated in the red line that we gave to you, but we when they make the recommendation, we are aware of what the recommendations will be, and we have no concerns, so theyre acceptable to us, as well. Chair fewer thank you. So if there are any questions specifically about the amendments that were proposing, i or mark lake, the City Attorney on the transaction, is here to speak to those. If there are not, my colleague, luke, is going to present the proposal that were submitting today. Good morning. Im going to be presenting on items number 1 and 3, which is the funding resolution, and my colleague will be presenting on item 2. This presentation has both of them, so so the item before you is authorizing the refunding bonds from time to time. General Obligation Bonds, the city has numerous bonds outstanding, and they have provisions in them that allow us to refinance them. General them every eight to ten years that theyre outstanding. So currently in the next five years, there are the opportunity to refund 1 appointnottoexceed resolutio. Theres also of the 1. 48 billion which can be refunded, were also looking to approve the first sale with a nottoexceed amount of 255 million. The resolution authorizes and directs o. P. F. To determine which bonds should be determined to be refunded bonds. The refunding bonds must not have a final Maturity Date later than the Maturity Date of the bonds to be refunded, and the cost must not exceed 2 , and underage cost must not exceed 3 . The office of Public Finance must return to the board with each supplemental appropriation with the request to issue funding bonds. This authority to issue refunding bonds under the refundi refunding resolution expires june 30, 2025. So heres a summary of the bonds that we are proposing to refund this coming spring. Theres two series of eser, two from parks 2008, and safety from 2011. Were currently estimating based on markets back in late january that the gross savings to taxpayers would be approximately 31. 64 million based on an estimated Interest Rate of 2. 19 on a net present value based of the case flow save cash flow savings, were looking at about 11 of the funded bonds, which is well above the 3 threshold that this funding resolution requires. We are seeking the approval of the sale of the initial series in addition to the full authorization over the five years not to exceed 255 million. Final maturity is the final maturity of the bonds, which is june 30, 2025. The source and uses here are estimated sources and uses provided to us by our municipal advisor and do not associate directly with the appropriation ordinance which was prepared earlier in january in order to get everything on the same timeline, that is a nottoexceed amount, which we do not anticipate issuing all of. So as far as timeline, weve introduced, back in january, our were expecting the board to hear the approval for the resolution next week and the First Reading of the ordinance next week followed by the final appropriation the next the follow along with the final closing of the refunding bonds in march and april, which allows us to refund the bonds on their very first call date of june 15, 2020. Any questions . Chair fewer any questions or comments from my colleagues . Seeing none, could we have the b. L. A. Report, please. Good morning, chair fewer and members of the committee. Severin campbell from the budget and legislative analysts office. These changes are largely due to changes in securities and Exchange Commissions requirements, so the language in the debt policy conforms with those requirements. But i do we do actually recommend a change to the resolution itself. This resolution as written would allow changes to the debt policy, not only for minor changes, but for more resolution changes without coming back to the board of supervisors. That would continue to allow the department to make amendments or changes to the debt policy if they are specific to regulatory changes or legal changes, but more discretionary changes just as best practices would need to come back to the board for approval. And then, on the other two items, item 1 and 3, item 1 is a resolution authorizing funding bonds through 2025, and issuing 255 million through those bonding funds. The total amount to be refunded are shown on page 8 of our report. The actual bonds that would be refunded or proposed to be refunded by the 255 million to be sold this spring are shown in exhibit 1 on page 5 of our report. And then, the appropriation of those bonds is shown on page 6, and we can answer any questions you have about that. Again, we do have a couple of recommendations to the resolution approving the issuance of 1. 5 billion in funding bonds. Both of these are more for clarification, and we recommend approval as amended. Chair fewer so the amendment that you are proposing is for item number 1, that is correct, miss severin . We have a proposal for item number 1, the refunding bonds, and for item number 2, the debt policy. Chair fewer so madam clerk, we didnt call item number 2, would you please call item number 2 right now. Clerk yes. [agenda item read]. Chair fewer so colleagues, we are now listening we are now hearing items 1, 2, and 3 together, and is there a separate presentation for item number 2 . There is. There is. Chair fewer okay. So lets hear that all together since we have recommendations from the b. L. A. For items 1 and 2. Okay. Just in brief, this is also continued from item number 2 is continued from the february 12 budget and finance hearing. From time to time, the office of Public Finance needs to update its the citys debt policy due to changes in regulatory or industry policies. So when they update that policy, we bring it back to the board for approval. That was what we were intending to do. We brought this back on january 28, and just before the last hearing, the s. E. C. Issued a new legal guidance which required us to review what we had submitted for introduction, and working with our City Attorneys Office, the changes to the guidance recommended a change to index i which concerns municipal finance disclosure policies and practices, and so ive submitted a copy of the changes as introduction to appendix i. You can see the red line of the changes that were submitting since introduction. The amendment is only to this appendix i, theres no requested change to the legislation itself. However, as ms. Campbell noted, the b. L. A. Has recommendations to the resolution, and we find those recommendations acceptable. More specifically, to speak to the updates since the last board approved version of the board policy, my colleague, ana, is here to speak to what has changed since the last time the board approved the debt. Chair fewer thank you. Thank you. Im director of the Controllers Office of Public Finance. Weve long maintained a formal written debt policy. It establishes our formal objectives such as maintaining moderate debt Service Levels while maintaining our highest practical credit rating. It further requires us to establish internal controls and procedures and demonstrate a commitment to best practices in municipal debt planning issuance and management. So got a few a couple powerpoint slides. As a reminder, we were also here last january for updates to the use of proceeds designation as well as extending the term for general Obligation Bonds for Affordable Housing loans. And the next slide, we go through the updates some of the key updates that were presenting here today that were asking for your approval. Specifically, those are as noted. Were finding the citys disclosure practices, which are detailed in appendix i. Additionally, wanted to note that a board of supervisors disclosure training has been scheduled for april 7, and during that, the City Attorneys Office will review our practices. Another change in the policy would allow for the use of negotiated sales for complex refinancings. Just terminations to sale bonds requires consultation with the controller and the citys municipal advisor or advisors as well as a competitive process for underwriter selection. And with that, i am happy to answer any questions on the citys debt policy. Chair fewer okay. So colleagues, any comments or questions . Seeing none, lets open this up for Public Comment. Are there any members of the public that would like to comment on items 1, 2, or 3 . Seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. [gavel]. Chair fewer i first would like to make a motion to approve the amendments to items number 1 and 2, is that correct . Yes, and we can take that without objection. Thank you very much. [gavel]. Chair fewer and then id like to approve the amendments presented by the b. L. A. And items 1 and 2, if we can take that without objection . Thank you very much. [gavel]. Chair fewer and no comments on this complex item . Yes, sir. Were also asking for approval of item number 3. Chair fewer yes, but item number 3 has no amendments, correct . We just approved the amendments. Id like to make a motion to approval items 1, 2, and 3 to the full board with a positive recommendation. If we can do that without objection, colleagues. [gavel]. Chair fewer madam clerk, if you can call item 4. Item 4, resolution approving San Francisco municipal transportation agent contract for armed and unarmed Security Guard services with universal Protection Service l. P. , in an amount not to exceed 59,028,401 for a threeyear term to commence on the Effective Date following board are professional with three oneyear options to extend at the discretion of the director of transportation. Chair fewer and i believe we have glen mar for a presentation. Thank you, mr. Mar. I believe your request for armed and unArmed Services are for your locations only, is that correct . Yes. Chair fewer okay. Go ahead with your intention. Good morning, supervisors. I am glen mar, chief security officer. So im here to talk about the carr. Our agency approaches security for our employees and for our customers in a multitiered fashion. Ultimately, the Contract Security is the main one were talking about today, but we also approach it through capital improvements, muni transits. We also address it through p. O. P. , training for staff members, and also a partnership with sfpd. So today, were going to talk just about the security contract which deals primarily with the safety and security of our members. I conducted an assessment of 12 facilities, and out of them, nine of those were severely lacking in security. What i mean by severely lacking, there were Security Guards, but only for certain hours of the day. So during the times that Security Guard Security Guards werent there, employees had to deal with other issues, homeless getting into the facility, using rest rooms, stealing items from the lockers, feces and urine issues they had to deal with. Some of our facilities had no Security Officers, so thats why we wanted to up the manpower and hours for most of these facilities. So the next page is a contractual review of what this contract will be. The vendor is allied universal Security Services. It was formerly cypress, but it was taken over in june 2018 by allied. Chair fewer excuse me, mr. Mar. Would you like to put this up on sfgovtv . Im sorry. Chair fewer thank you. So heres the overview of the contract that were proposing to you today. Its not to exceed 28 milli million 59 million for a three year contract. Here, we have the overview i think theres a lot of numbers up there, but i think the one we should concentrate on is the service hours. Based on my assessment and what we talked about earlier about the need for all of these facilities, the nine facilities we did the assessment on, we want to increase it to approximately 233,000 per year, which is roughly a 25 increase. Here we have another chart, and theres a lot of numbers, but please concentrate on the number in the lower right hand corner. Our current cost is 6. 7 million for Security Services from allied. And because of our security concerns, and the employees that we want to increase that, 233,000 would increase it to 8. 5 million, up to 10. 2 million due to the increase in wages and also the increase in manpower. So why do we want this contract approved . As ive talked about earlier, its so, so important that we show to our employees that we actually care about their safety first. So for the last eight to nine months that i was with the agency, i received numerous phone calls and numerous emails where they were concerned about their employees safety. I think with this contract, it would be a big step forwardtor tforwardtor forward for the city and for the agency that we show our employees that we care about them, so i ask that you approve this contract. That concludes my presentation, and im happy to answer any questions that you may have. Chair fewer thank you very much. So lets hear from the b. L. A. , please. Yes. The board of supervisors is being asked to approve the resolution to approve this new contract for Security Services at m. T. A. As mr. Mar pointed out, the provider would be allied universal, but if you see on table one, page ten of our report, the existing provider, cypress provide security had the highest private security had the highest score, but offer the conclusion before but after the conclusion before you, they were purchased by allied universal. Mr. Mar reported on the increase in hours in this contract compared to the existing contract. We show the total number of hours on page 11 of our report. But also in our footnote, we note where there would be an increase in hours at existing m. T. A. Facilities. What they needed was a decide for increased hours. The total spending is summarized on page 12, table three in our report. We do request that the total amount of 28 million is for one year, and the 59 million is over six years, and we recommend approval. Chair fewer thank you very much. Can we oh, supervisor walton. Supervisor walton thank you very much. One question. On slide three, when it talks about security, making sure to address homeless encampments, and also address confrontations with individuals with Mental Health needs, how does that work . How do they engage . So how does it work with security . Supervisor walton yeah. When they see an encampment, when they see someone with Mental Health needs, how do they engage . So thats a very good question. Right now, when security sees these individuals starting to set up camp, if theyre around, they would confront the individuals and tell them that theyre not allowed to set up camp here, and they would talk to them and coerce them not to set up camp. The problem is when theres no security there, that they do set up camp, and then, by the time the employees get to work, the employees run in to them, and they have to confront them themselves. The Security Guards are trained in deeffect training prior to going to the sfmta, so theyre very well trained in getting them to not set up on the property. Supervisor walton and if that doesnt work . If they feel their safety is in jeopardy, they immediately call sfpd and have them intervene. Supervisor walton would they also act with hsoc and other agencies . Yes. Hsoc has been helping out at our facilities with very largen campments but security is also large encampments, by security is also there. We stop it from the very beginning with the new Security Services, and i think that takes care of a lot of the problems for the employees. Chair fewer so i have a few questions. One is that so this is security for 12 facilities, is that correct . Its security for all our facilities, but the increase is for nine of our facilities that i made the assessments that needed it the most. Chair fewer okay. So how many facilities, then, would this contract cover . This isnt just for the nine facilities . Correct. This is for everything, including the subway. So the subway i forgot to mention the subway is one of the places thats extremely lacking. One officer currently covers nine platform, which is very inadequate. It covers a subway, and it covers a multitude of facilities throughout the agency. Im not sure of the total number, but i think its at least 22. 22 total facilities . Correct. And this is a 59 Million Contract if extended. No. Its 28 million for three years, and we have three oneyear options to extend it. If we extend it for all of it, its 59 million. Chair fewer do you have other security measures such as cameras . No, i dont. Chair fewer because i think it would help us to see just how big is this issue . I see its for unarmed, the most. The majority of the budget is for unarmed, but you do have a budget for armed. Now who are those people that carrie firearms or allowed to use those firearms . Is it sfpd . Who are these folks that are armed actually . So for the contract for security contract, the only Armed Services that we use is strictly for employees that deal with cash. So revenue collection is all that the armed guards are accompanying employees with. So when they go out and collection, the armed guards that are with them are armed. This was made clear to us in the last contract. It has nothing to do with the public, it has to do with the employees dealing with cash. Chair fewer escort. Thats correct. Chair fewer so this Company Actually supplies the armed guards. Correct. Chair fewer because they have the liability. Correct. Chair fewer all right. Lets open this up for Public Comment. Are there any members of the public that wish to comment on item 4 . Yes. Come up to the podium. Anyone whos like to speak whod like to speak to Public Comment. Everybody has two minutes. Thank you very much. Good morning, board of supervisors. My name is hajik rice, and i have been working as an armed officer since 2018. My Current Employer is a. U. S. , and they are a signatory to my union contract. We protect life and revenue daily. My coworkers and i face the challenges of deterring suspicious people. Even though we experience this, i take pride in being able to protect and escort cash and revenue agents because my job is critical to ensure the safety of the general public and daily operations of sfmta. I argue to commit to keeping a responsible contractor like a. U. S. So that my coworkers and i can continue to address work related issues and continue to bargain for stronger contracts that ensure good benefits. Thank you. Chair fewer thank you, sir. Good morning, board of supervisors. My names brendall guin, and i represent the Security Officers, armed and unarmed in San Francisco. Ive been working this past year with the subcontracted officers working with a. U. S. Sfmta. Daily they protect the city while working with long hours. Some of these officers, they struggle with housing and health care. Despite this, the officers present today show passion and dedication to protecting the public. I urge you to approve a Union Company like a. U. S. So our members continue to have a voice at work and job protections with paid sick days, holidays, and a grievance procedure. Can we count on your support to keep our responsible contractor like a. U. S. For our Security Officers . Thank you. Chair fewer thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Good morning. Roger marenko. We are in support of more security, especially because these are all union jobs. However, in terms of what mr. Mar stated, people coming into the facilities, urinating, defecating, etc. , id like everyone to know that the most prominent property of the sfmta where this occurs at is the buses. So id like the members to think about not only extending this to the actual buildings but to the actual buses, to the trains, whether its, you know, Security Guards at strategic locations on market street, in the tenderloin, on market on mission street, right, at certain terminals, but where this is actually occurring on a daily basis, with are wihere w challenges with mentally disabled people because this is where this occurs at the most on a daily basis. I would just like everybody to think about where this occurs on a grand scale of everything. Does it occur at the facilities . Yes, but it occurs more often on the buses themselves. Thank you. Chair fewer thank you very much. Any other Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. [gavel]. Chair fewer okay. So id like to make a motion to approve the amendments that have been brought forth to b. L. A. And can we do that without objection . [gavel]. Chair fewer oh, and id like to welcome supervisor matt haney. Madam clerk, do i need to excuse supervisor walton . Clerk yes, please. Chair fewer okay. Before we take this vote, id like to make a motion to excuse supervisor walton. If i can take that without objection, thank you very much. [gavel]. Chair fewer welcome, supervisor matt haney. So weve had a motion to approve the amendments brought forth by the b. L. A. We can take that without objection, thank you very much. [gavel]. Chair fewer and make a motion to bring this to the full board with a positive recommendation. Thank you very much. [gavel]. Chair fewer weve already heard item 5, so madam clerk, can you please call item 6. Clerk item 6, resolution authorizing Tax Collector to sell at public auction certain parcels of tax defaulted real property. Chair fewer thank you very much. And i believe we have molly cohen here. Good morning, supervisors. Molly cohen from the office of treasurer and Tax Collector. I am here to present for your approval 165 parcels we are seeking to offer for auction in may. Youve all been provided copies of an updated parcel list. If i can request that the new parcel list thats been provided please replace the list provided with the resolution. It replaces 429 parcels of all times with 165 timeshare parcels. Property becomes eligible for auction when an owner fails to play taxes for five years. The parcels i bring before you are a tiny percentage of the 290,000 total parcels. We collect over 3. 3 billion in property tax payments annually, and over 99 of owners pay their property tax bills on time and in full. So before you for consideration today are 165 parcels that are five years or more delinquent on taxes. We are doing a timeshare only auction because timeshares are a unique property. There is no risk of displacement. Commercial operators and homeowners associations are the main buyers. The resolution allows for a reoffering at a lower price if there are no successful bidders during the first round. In 2019, we offered 213 time shares during a reoffer auction, and sold 187, removing them from our defaulted tax roll and returning them to paying status. This auction will likely result in the removal of a significant number of parcels from delinquency. Removes these timeshares from our roll will allow us to dedicate our time to other properties. Once approved, this list will be published in a newspaper and on our website. Thank you for your time, and im here to answer any questions. Chair fewer theres no b. L. A. Report, and no questions from my colleagues. Lets open this up for Public Comment. Are there any members of the public that would like to comment on this . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. I just have one question. This just seems incredible that they would be delinquent on their taxes for five years, this volume of people or purchasers of these time shares. For five years, it just seems somewhat incredible. Whats going on with 1000 pine . So theres 5,000 timeshares total in the city. What ends up happening is a lot of these timeshares come with very expensive maintenance and ownership fees. People will pay their 1,000 timeshare fees, theyll skip a year, and once they stop paying their ownership fees, they lose access to the property, and they stop paying their property taxes. Many people on these lists are retirees. It turns out that many of them have passed away, and their children are uninterested in paying for the property. So despite our best efforts and all of our notices, it comes to this actually. Chair fewer so is there any way we can curtail this . Five years is a long time to be on any list . Im wondering if theres no liability for the Timeshare Company at all . Thats a really interesting question. Much of our process is guided by state law, but im happy to do some thinking about City Attorney and get back to you on that. Chair fewer okay. Thank you. Weve already had Public Comment, so id like to make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. [gavel]. Chair fewer okay. Id like to make a motion to rescind to item 5. We failed to ask for Public Comment, so may i have im making a motion to rescind item number 5. Thank you, colleagues. Madam clerk, can you please item 5. Clerk yes. Item 5 is a resolution authorizing the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development to accept and expend a gift of 100,000 from San Francisco 722 month famili montgomery funds. Chair fewer thank you. Do we have any Public Comment on this . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel]. Chair fewer madam clerk, can we call item 7 first. Clerk item 7 is resolution approving modification number one to airport contract 50085 curb Side Management services with fspppm management, llc, to increase the contract amount by 10 million for a new not to exceed amount of 19 million and to exercise the one oneyear option to extend the term from july 1, 2020 through june 20, 2021. Modification number one would exercise the first oneyear option through june 2021 and increase the contract amount by 10. 4 million. This is the result of a 2016 competitive request for proposals process and was approved by the board of supervisors with an initial term of four years with one fouryear option to extend. The increase in the nottoexceed amount includes staffing expansions that were use to approve the airports move of all Transportation Network companies to the fifth floor of our domestic terminal garage. This was done to help us relieve some of the congestion that we were experiencing at the terminal curbs. In addition, there was a new staging lot that was created as t. M. C. S in the waiting lot was backing up into millbrae avenue as well as extensions into our new t. M. C. Lots and the taxi staging area and the airports new hotel. The trip fees that are collected from our Ground Transportation operators are used to fund this contract. The Budget Analysts Office has reviewed the contract and the proposed modification and recommends approval, but if requested, i would be happy to answer any questions if you have them. Chair fewer thank you. Can we hear from the b. L. A. Office, please. Yes, the current contract extends it one year, to 2021, and increases the amount from 19. 5 million to 29. 5 million. The increase of 10 million is to account for increased spending over the remaining two years. The increase goes up from 5. 5 million in 1819 to a projected 6 million in 1920. The reason is for an increase in positions from 74 positions to 96 positions under the contract. We did talk to the airport about it. Did does have to do with the increase in garages and curb Side Management of the t. N. C. And increased t. N. C. Activity at the airport, uber, lyft, and other transport Network Company providers. So the increase in the budget is shown on page 17, and we recommend approval. Chair fewer thank you very much. Any comments or questions from my colleagues . Lets open this up for Public Comment. Any members of the public like to comment on item number 7 . Seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. Miss widener, i actually have some questions about this contract. It is almost a 30 Million Contract, and i think i need more clarification or a deeper understanding of what these people what theyre performing, what their jobs are. It seems like its more than curb side. You mentioned a motel, you mentioned a parking lot, and some of the positions, also. So id like to continue this item until the next meeting of the budget and finance committee. We can take that id like a motion to continue that item. I can take that without objection. Thank you very much, miss widener. We should have a conversation. Thank you very much. Absolutely. Chair fewer i appreciate that. [gavel]. Chair fewer madam clerk, can you please call item 8 . Clerk yes. Item 8, resolution amoving modification 2 to license and Services Agreement 50037 between the city and county to extend the Services Term of the agreement for use of application based for three years through march 20, 2023, reduce the cap of the Administrative Services fee from 250,000 to an amount not to compete 144,000 annually for the period of march 13, 2020 through march 12, 2023 for an aggregate amount not to exceed 1,682,000 for the total term of march 12, 205 through march 12, 2023. Chair fewer thank you. And we have Kathy Widener from the airport. This system was invented by s. F. O. Staff, and the airport recently received a u. S. Patent, so were pretty proud of that. The Licensing Agreement was originally approved by the board of supervisors in 2015 for an initial twoyear term with three oneyear options to extend through march 12 of this year. The system defines a perimeter around the airport using geographic coordinates and collects t. N. C. Data that helps us in our auditing process to make sure that the right amount of trip fees are collected from various companies. Modification would extend the contract for another three years through march 12, 2023. It caps the amount that s. F. O. Would pay, from 150,000 to 144,000. We collect 55 million in t. N. C. Trip fees we collected 55 million last year based on this system. The system has been very successful in maintaining a geofence and providing airports with audited information to validate our t. N. C. Trip information. The proposed modification does reduce the administrative fees and also allows s. F. O. To continue to collect Service Development fees through ards when they license the technology to other airports. The Budget Analysts Office has reviewed the agreement and the proposed modification and recommends approval, and id be happy to answer questions. Chair fewer thank you, miss widener. Can we hear from the b. L. A. , please. Yes. This approves the second existing agreement between the airport and the nonprofit Airport Research and development foundation. So this action and service and license agreement does three things. It uses the application or Technology Developed by the airport to actually record trip fees by t. N. C. S as they enter the airport. Currently, i think its about 4. 5 per trip, and then, the airport would pay a fee to the foundation under the agreement. So the original agreement was approve ind approved in 2015, and then, the option was approved in 2017, extending it through march of this year, march 2020. So the proposed resolution would extend it for an additional three years actually extend it through 2025 2023, with an additional twoyear extension to 2025. It increases the total amount to be paid by the airport in foundations in fees, the actually annual fee reduces from 150,000 per year to 144,000 per year. The summary of the current terms of the agreement over the next three years are shown on page 20, table one of our report, and we recommend approval. Chair fewer thank you very much. Lets open this up for Public Comment. Any members of the public like to comment on item 8 . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel]. Chair fewer colleagues, any comments or questions . Congratulations to s. F. O. On their patent. Id like to make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation, if we can take that without objection. Thank you very much, colleagues. [gavel]. Chair fewer madam clerk, can you please call item 9. Clerk item 9 is a resolution retroactively authorizing the Police Department to accept and expend a grant in the amount of 29 the 8,414 from the department of Homeland Security federal Emergency Management agency to purchase an underwater remote operates vehicle for the period of sept 1, 2019 through august 31, 2022. Im from supervisor stefanis office. Shes homesick today. This is a grant for an underwater vehicle to replace the existing remote operated vehicle. This allows us to exist and mitigation underwater threats, create sweeps for the pier system without having to deploy human divers, and provide post incident underwater surveillance of infrastructure. As i said, the one that they would be purchasing to replace is an improvement over the old one, and it would be the only one in the region with the inability to ability to navigate the swift forces in the San Francisco bay. Im joined by Patrick Leong of the San Francisco Police Department and several members from the marine unit to answer any questions you may have. Chair fewer thank you very much. Mr. Leong, do you have anything to add to what was presented . Yes. Within the budget for this grant, the award is for 298,000. There is a 25 match. As far as the budget is concerned, this project included or the grant project includes an optional support grant for 25,000. For future years, that would be at the departments discretion if we choose to continue the support plan, and it is optional. It would be at our discretion. However, the it is not a requirement. Chair fewer okay. So mr. Leong, are you saying this 25,000 support plan is included in 298 or that is an additional . It the total budget for this project is 39 approximately 398,000. Chair fewer so only 400,000 for the total project . Correct. And it includes it includes a oneyear support plan. Chair fewer this includes the 25,000 oneyear support plan. Correct. Chair fewer and it requires a renewal of the oneyear support plan, and the Police Department would absorb those costs . Yes. Chair fewer and why is this retroactive . Its only retroactive because of the grant start date, so it was 9 91 is the state date. 9 start date, 912019, not because weve started any activities. Chair fewer okay. Mr. Leong, that doesnt tell me why its retroactive. We havent gone through the grant start process. The grant start date is 912019. Chair fewer so why didnt you present this before 91 we didnt receive the award until after 91. Chair fewer you didnt receive it until after 91 . I dont recall when we received it, but it was after 912019. For the grant do you mind if i jump in . Sure. Its a grant approved by the department of Homeland Security. I dont know the date that we received an approval, but they gave us an approval period that started 912019. We received approval after that fact, and the expend period ends in 2022. So they have not done any activity on the grant. Its just that the department of Homeland Security gave us an approval beginning on a date before we received the approval. Chair fewer okay. So i guess my question, as you know, when this comes to the full board, any time theres something retroactive as happened yesterday. Chair fewer as happened yes, there is always one board member that will question this. Yes. Chair fewer so my question is, if this was actually accepted in september, why are we hearing about it in 2020 . Mr. Patrick, this is a question that you will need to be prepared to answer and not put off. Sure. It has to do with the length of time it takes to present and expend a grant resolution, to get to our police commission, to calendar it, to the budget and finance committee, and then before it goes to the board of supervisors, that process, for us, it takes a minimum of three months. And so by virtue of that time schedule, it makes this a retroactive approval. It doesnt mean normally, retroactive is it has it refers to the timing difference between when the accept and expend is approved versus when is the grant award start date. And so because we cant chair fewer when is the grant award start date . 912019. Chair fewer so mr. Leong, i just want to be perfectly transparent with you to say that if it was a start date, that you tell me it takes you three months for your department to go through an accept and expend is somewhat unacceptable, and the fact that now its five months since that, i think to bring that to us retroactively, i just want to say i think its a little i dont think your reasoning actually is somewhat valid. I actually do think the departments approve the accept and expend grants all the time. Its because theyre notified later and this is because its retroactive. Okay. So i just want to caution you that before you go before the full board that you may want to have a conversation perhaps with the sponsor and figure that out. I am just telling you for this hearing today, i think this should have been brought before the budget and finance committee before, but im just going to caution you that if this goes before the full board, they will question you. We did intend to try to speed up that process, but some of what delayed the resolution was when we calendared it for our police commission, it was around the same time that we had we were preparing our budget, but also, at the same time, it was during the holidays, and so some of that has to do with the Holiday Schedule and getting the necessary approvals before we reached that step. Chair fewer thank you, mr. Leong. And so the total request for this is almost 400,000, and the grant request is 298. And i am hearing from officers that actually, this is a piece of equipment that is being that is used on a somewhat regular basis and that actually it complements the services of our existing coast guard and other jurisdictions that might have similar equipment, is that correct, mr. Leong . That would be correct. Chair fewer and then im hearing that the equipment that weve had before is aging, and although this takes minimal from the officers from what im heard, it takes minimal maintenance, that the Police Department will absorb the future cost of the maintenance, is that correct . Thats correct. Chair fewer okay. Lets open this up for Public Comment. Is there any member of the public that would like to comment on item 9 . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Are there any comments or questions from my colleagues . Seeing no comments or questions from my colleagues, id like to make a motion to seforward thi to the full board with a positive recommendation, and we can do that without objection. [gavel]. Chair fewer madam clerk, would you call the next item. Supervisor haney chair fewer, if its possible, can i make a few comments before they present because i have to run. I want to thank in advance everyone whos here and who brought this proposal forward. Ive been in meetings with representatives from the department and am happy to see the support from the neighborhood for this proposed center and also the work that the department has done to take some of the feedback and integrate that into whats before us today. I as you as ive made very clear and very supportive of Navigation Centers in general, and i know that this particular area around 33 gough is an area that has a significant amount of neighborhood homelessness and is in need of additional services. This Old City College building has long been a concern for neighborhood residents and businesses, and it is a very positive thing to see it transformed and used to serve so many people in need. I have a fee amendments that were going to be putting forward that i think are in front of everybody. Theres a couple things that i do want to flag that relate to the andments and also to some other issues that i want to make sure to put on the record. One of the i do think that we are learning in terms of the importance of doing extensive Neighborhood Outreach and community meetings. I do want to say that if we can do more of that with the neighborhood before its announced, it is always a positive thing. I personally found out about this Navigation Center proposal i think the day before it was announced, and i also just want to say that for the engage the with the Supervisors Office and the surrounding constituents that having more opportunity for a collaborative effort and input and engagement on the front end is a positive thing. I also and i brought this up with the department really do think its important to have a significant commitment to have a zone around the Navigation Center, and i know that there is a commitment to that and were working on that together. I also believe its important that we consider the opportunity to provide a more diverse set of referrals to the Navigation Center. I think when we only have referrals that come from hsoc or Law Enforcement or even hot teams, we may be missing an opportunity to collaborate with neighborhood and Community Organizations who can provide access and who know individuals and work directly with individuals already who can benefit from the services and transitional housing that a Navigation Center can provide. So the proposed set of amendments are on page 3 of the resolution that have been made. One that the departments and district supervisors have agreed to convene regular meetings with the surrounding vicinity including but not limited to the number of people served and outcomes. The Service Provider has agreed to establish a Good Neighbor policy for the Navigation Center, and the neighborhood has created an outreach zone and will offer an outreach and initial priority to the unhoused neighbors in the vicinity. I think there are a number of Navigation Centers in this surrounding area, and im hopeful that we will continue to build these throughout the city, but this is a neighborhood that will benefit from these services and opportunities, and there are a number of people who are unhoused in this area who will be able to access services, shelter, and a transition to housing as a result of us activating a piece of property that has remained vacant for some amount of time, so thank you for your hard work and everything that went into this. I apologize that i have to leave early before this, but id like to be added as a cosponsor. Chair fewer thank you. And so we have gigi whitley. Good morning. Gigi whitley, director of the office of finance and supportive housing. Thank you to the committee for your hearing us through this proposed resolution that would propose that would approve a lease between the city and the property operated at 33 gough street for the proposed upper market safe Navigation Center at an annual lease cost of 1. 259 million. I will give a brief presentation. I also have with me the director of the department of real estate, and we can answer any questions you may have. Youre well aware, from my last presentation, about a week ago or two weeks ago the crisis on our streets. I wont revisit those comments, but i do want to thank the committee for your unanimous support and approval of the t. A. Y. Navigation center that passed the board yesterday. That project and this project at 33 gough will allow us to meet the citys goals and the Mayors Initiative of 1,000 new beds opening by 2020, which will allow us to increase capacity [inaudible] as all of our programs are predominantly run by our nonprofit providers. This will really operate as an outreach Triage Center a little bit differently than our other Navigation Centers. Like all our Navigation Centers, it would offer 247 access to clients, but no referrals, only by referral, no walkins. We always have a Good Neighbor policy, but we are learning through the Navigation Centers weve done recently, the t. A. N. Navigation center and this new site how to really refine our Good Neighbor policy and some of our outreach protocols so that theres a lot of Community Support for this new project. Chair fewer miss whitley, so supervisor mandelman and myself, my office, have been briefed on this item, too. Okay. Chair fewer so i think what we would like to hear also, just briefly, do you have anything that you wanted to add . Nothing at all . Okay. The time schedule for this. The schedule of when this is actually going to come on board. Okay. So just jumping on that, the idea is that once this gets approved by the full board, we could immediately proceed into construction timeline. We our partners at the department of health say we could be completed by fall 2020 and be able to operate for two full years before redevelopment to permanent housing. Chair fewer okay. Thats what we wanted to hear. Can we hear from the b. L. A. , please. Yes. The leasing costs are estimated about 4. 3 million over the threeyear term. We show annual operating costs are about 7. 5 million for actually operating the Navigation Center. There are some tenant improvement costs, and we actually do not know what those will be. Our information is that the plans for developing this site is still in the conceptual phase. But funding for the site and planning costs have been identified in the eraf costs. We recommend approval. Chair fewer thank you very much. Lets open this up for Public Comment oh, supervisor mandelman . Supervisor mandelman you may not have the answer to this question, because ive not provided it in advance. Im increasingly horrified by the cost that it costs the city to build bathrooms. Im just curious how much its going to cost to build these moti modular bathroom facilities. Ill have to get back to you on this. This was actually intended to be more cost efficient. Supervisor mandelman i sensed that. Im just curious even with the more efficient option costs. Maybe you can provide that to me offline. Yeah. As the budget analyst said, we dont have final cost numbers. We think its going to be less than the similar sized Navigation Center at embarcadero because it is an existing structure, but happy to follow up with public works and get that information to you as soon as possible. Supervisor mandelman thank you. Chair fewer thank you. Lets open this up for Public Comment. Any members of the public wish to speak on item 10 . Supervisor peskin, mandelman, and preston, theyre speaking out about this in their districts, as well. Why this one is not certainly not more important, but we had our spidey senses go up on, its less than 500 feet from our offices. The key is focusing the Outreach Center near the Navigation Center itself, because that will help build relationsh relationships on the street. We absolutely agree and urge this to move forward. Chair fewer next speaker, please. Good morning, supervisors. Moises garcia from the s. F. Gay mens chorus. Were about 100 meters from the proposed site and are in support of this and others. I am bolstered by the amendments proposed by supervisor haney. Just like the other speaker just said, were really interesting in knowing what that zone is of outreach. And were looking forward to those individuals getting housed, both for their quality of life and our quality of life. Chair fewer any other memo Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Supervisor mandelman . Supervisor mandelman i have a question. To what extent do we think that people may start camping in the vicinity of nav centers in the hopes that they get sort of priority to be placed in nav . Is that an issue . Do we think its going to happen . Has it happened . Through the chair, supervisor, let me get back to you on that. Im not the programmatic expert, so let me get that for you. Chair fewer id like to make a motion to approve the amendments. If we can take that without objection. Thank you very much. [gavel]. Chair fewer and then id like to make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation, and we can do that without objection. [gavel]. Chair fewer madam clerk, is there any other business before us today . Clerk there is no further business before us today. Chair fewer and we are adjourned. [gavel] chair fewer good afternoon, everyone. This is the february 26, 2020 rescheduled meeting of the budget and appropriations committee. I am sandra lee fewer, chair of the budget committee. I am joined by supervisors raphael mandelman, shamann walton, and hillary ronen. The clerk is linda wong. Madam clerk, do we have any announcements . Clerk yes. Please silence all cell phones and electronic devices. Documents to be considered by the committee should be submitted to the clerk. Chair fewer madam clerk, would you read item 1. [agenda item read]. Chair fewer thank you. We have the Youth Commission. You may begin. I am here wito present on t Youth Commissions upcoming budget in the next two fiscal years. This is both laid out in the charter and also reflects the importance of having youth voices at the table when we are making decisions concerning the city. So our formal budget and policy priorities report will come out in may, as usual, but we are here today to report our preliminary budget recommendations while you are still narrowing down the boards Budget Priorities and the mayor is presenting her budget. The commission has three committees, and i am now going to turn it over to my colleagues to present on the specific recommendations. Thank you, commissioner. Good afternoon, supervisors, and thank you for your time. I am a mayoral appointee on these commissions, and i serve as the delegate on Civic Engagement. Its about 16 campaign which urges to expand Voter Registration in San Francisco and allow 16 and 17 year olds to participate in the election. The 16 looks to amend the disparity by bringing a level of equity and inclusion into the San Francisco democracy, however the vote 16 campaign depends solely on education and infrastructure in place for young people so should they enter the electorate, they have the experience and authority to make politically respective decisions. Therefore, wed like to thank the supervisors who have agreed to sponsor the campaign, especially president yee, whos the main sponsor for the vote 16. Thank you so much, and ill pass it onto the transformative Justice Committee. I represent district four, and im here on behalf of the transformative Justice Committee to share our views with you. Were tasked with forming radical views on certain laws in our cities. Weve already presented to a variety of Different City Department advisory groups such as j. P. D. , the police commission, human rights commission, and now were coming to you all with our recommendations. So first of all, for the department, the adult probation department, we have an urge to maintain and expand the Young Adult Court especially in terms of hours and accessibility for youth. For the department of children, youth, and their families, while we do want to fund a lot of programs for justice that impacts communities, we also want the c. B. O. S that are providing the programming to be held accountable in providing the citys money. And we want to make sure that these departments are, like, being held accountable and the programs are serving the residents. Weve seen really great models of this. The young womens Freedom Centers town hall last december, which i believe supervisor walton attended, and thats a great example of young people coming together to figure out what they need, and we would urge the board to put more money aside for that. They already provide great know your rights materials online and on paper, however, we urge the board to allocate funding for them to actually be able to do targeted outreach in the schools and other after School Programs and Community Organizations. As a student in my senior year, ive never had a know your rights training, and this would be incredibly beneficial so all youth in San Francisco could be educated on their legal rights. And finally for the department of homelessness and youth housing, were asking for 100 beds for youth shelters. We presented before Juvenile Court. A lot of girls are having to stay in the home longer or go out of county or even, like, out of state placements because there arent enough shelter beds in San Francisco and we want to make sure that girls have the same experiences and opportunities that boys do, and with that, ill pass it onto my colleagues. Good afternoon, commissioners. I am rocky versace, and i am a mayoral appointee to the Youth Commission as well as being a vice chair of our youth committee. The transformative Committee Recommends that the Juvenile Court department collaborate with other agencies on lgbtq inclusive programs. We also request that the San Francisco Police Department incorporate Youth Brain Development through an equity formed lens. Supervisor ronen, you have previously advocated for the cultural competency of officers, but currently less than 100 officers are train index this strategies for youth, and this becomes a problem in the case of the after math of the Balboa High School incident when Police Officers were not equipped to deal with youth in the after math of the incident. The Committee Also wants funds to be allocated towards know your rights training and Community Advisory groups to foster fair interactions between the Law Enforcement and youth as well as more consistent and timely implementation and responses to the Community Oriented action plans. Finally, the transform atiff Justice Committee urges the Public Defenders Office to raise money for bail reform initiatives, Case Management for reentry programs, and services for the children of incarcerated parents. This is incredibly important in our current Political Climate because right now we need our citys immigrants and our citys undocumented people to have accessible and Free Services that are culturally competent. Thank you, and now ill pass it over to our land use committee. Good afternoon, commissioners. I am the vice chair of the land use committee, and i represent district 6 on the Youth Commission. We are here today as the housing and land use committee, and we have identified two agencies that we would like to look at for our budget for fiscal years 20192020 and 20202021. [inaudible] in the city of San Francisco in the next two years . So these 400 units of t. A. Y. Affordable housing will be a great hope in this. We also propose for suitable housing for t. A. Y. Because they seem to be inadequately funded . We also want to make sure that t. A. Y. Experiencing homelessness are equipped with basic first aid and basic needs such as food and transportation, which is we have heard from money constituents that there have been issues on these issues and not being able to have some of these resources completely, and theyre highly underfunded. Wed also ask h. S. H. To collaborate more fully in order for youth to come out of the homelessness realm in a more smooth transition. For our next for a Second Agency that we wanted to look at was sfmta. We asked sfmta to allow more funding to build an effective equitable and Sustainable Transportation program for s. F. Youth and students and make sure that s. F. Youth and students are making it to school on time and not having overcrowded buses skipping stops. We have seen an inaccessibility to signing up for the free muni for Youth Program and youth across the city arent getting the benefit of free muni. And we wahave held a town hall and we talked to many students that ride the 29 bus, and there have been many issues with the bus skipping stops, the bus being crowded, and the bus being late at times. This has been an issue for many years, considering the bus falls within 15 schools, a mall, and we also have a college and the b. A. R. T. Station, as well. And it also passes through many diverse neighborhoods with many people coming in and out of the neighborhood and going to different places. So we believe this is a bus that needs to be focused on so that the improvements will be there and make sure that studen students get to school on time and safely, as well. So we also have two asks that are related to the board of supervisors own budget. These have been before you before, but im just going to reiterate them. First, we support raising Youth Commission staffs salaries to or above the a. M. I. Level to help with our longstanding retention program. Our longstanding director is our longest serving staff member currently. She has served around four years, which is less than 20 of the longevity of the Youth Commission, which has been around since the 90s. Our staff are very valuable institutional members as you know because a lot of us dont serve more than two or three oneyear terms, so having longevity is important in terms of stability. And then finally, last year, supervisor fewer, you asked for costings numbers on how much these acts would cost to implement. We said then that we would work on that for this years set of recommendations, and we have been communicating with the Controllers Office about our options, however, if we cant find a way forward that does not overburden our staff and our already rather strained resources by the time of the b. P. P. Report by may, it would help to get some direction from the board to the Controllers Office or the b. L. A. To take on a heavier responsibility for future budget seasons if that is what the board would like to see. That concludes our presentation. We are able to take any questions. Chair fewer colleagues, any comments or questions . Theres no b. L. A. Report on this. Yes, president yee. President yee so real quickly, and thanks for the presentation. You have a lot a lot of priorities here, but did you was there any discussion on which ones are the higher priority versus versus things that are maybe not as high . So, you know, we get we get we do we have gotten this question asked of us before. So i think our position is that we are the body chartered by the city to just provide the recommendations on unmet needs of youth throughout San Francisco, and this is our report. Certainly, there are some issues where we are more advanced than others towards meeting these goals than others, but i think our role as we see it is to bring you the recommendations as we see it, what we hear from constituents, and thats sort of our chartered duty to represent the interests of all these youth and all of these issues. So i i hesitate to single out anything particularly important as compared to others. President yee okay. Now and thank you for your response. Just about everything that was spoken about inspect terms of your priorities are probably things that many of us also think are priorities. But we also have to go through a process that we may not be able to fund everything. Thats why i asked a question, is there a particular order or particular things that are much more important so at least for me, i can weigh it in my mind as we go through the budget deliberations. Thank you. Chair fewer supervisor ronen . Supervisor ronen yes, thank you, and thanks so much for your presentation. It was really thorough and really impressive. I was a big fan of the vote 16 campaign, and i wonder if theres any plans at all to put it back on the ballot . Thank you, supervisor ronen. Actually, we are in the process of support with president yees office to put that back on the ballot. We are putting that back on the ballot in may and thats to garner up as much Financial Support as we can until may prior to it being based on the ballot because us with the Civic Engagement committee cant technically meet on the campaign. Once we meet the deadline, we can meet outside of our roles as the Youth Commission. Supervisor ronen oh, i see. I thought you were increasing funding from the department of elections to do outreach. But in addition to that, youre putting together another bat initiative for november. Right. So the idea behind the allocation of money, weve looked at the Scottish Independence referendum because they had an insanely high turnout to allow people younger than 16 to vote in the referendum. That was approved, and the two years between when it was approved and young people were actually voting, there was a National Movement to put civics in the classroom to make sure that young people are getting the proper education. Thats what were doing so that vote 16 should vote 16 pass in 2020, the soonest that theyre voting in 2022, they already have that education in place. Supervisor ronen fantastic. Thank you for that clarification. No worries. No worries. Chair fewer supervisor mandelman . Supervisor mandelman yeah. I want to add my thanks to the Youth Commission for analyzing these needs and priorities and your presentation, to bring it to us today. Having grownup in San Francisco, ive been thinking a little bit about how these issues might have been similar or different 30 years ago when i was young. And definitely, you know, we see the sort of changing reality of housing in San Francisco and how thats impacting youth and your recommendations. And i take the point about the placements for folks coming out of the juvenile Justice System who need a place to be as well as the need for permanent housing recommendations for t. A. Y. That seem critically important. But also, some things never change. I remember riding the 28 and the 29 myself all those years ago, and they were crowded then and didnt come enough, and theyre still crowded, and they dont come enough, so. Chair fewer yes, supervisor walton . Supervisor walton thank you, chair fewer. Just a quick question because i definitely think its important to have know your rights trainings, and im glad you brought that up. Have you had conversations with the board of education or School Leadership to make sure that these are happening throughout the district . So we havent really. I mean, just by nature of us being the San Francisco Youth Commission, sfusd is sadly not in our sphere of influence, however, i think this is something we could definitely take up with the student advisory contact which did directly interact with the board of education. Its definitely in the works. Supervisor walton well have some communications. Ive got some ideas how we can get it in the school and into our educational institutions, as well. Thank you. We would love any support that you can give. Chair fewer thank you. I just wanted to say thank you also. I do have a couple of comments, and one is that having sat on this committee for three years and having heard the budget commissions priorities for three years and not seeing actually, quite frankly, a lot of action materializing after and i see i think that you can all agree that probably theres little action from this board, right . So although its not in your mandate charter mandate to prioritize, i think its to your benefit to prioritize. I think when you look at this whole list there are things that i would say could be low hanging fruit, and then, next year, another commission, there will be things that theyll be able to follow up on. So i think what i would appreciate also is sort of a so what you might be able to gain in this budget cycle in this year, and then see the processes of, for the long game, what do we hope to accomplish . And what are the steps that you might gain this year so next year you are one step closer, right . So another thing, i love vote 16 myself, but i think it would be great to have some analysis on how well sfusd is doing because Rachel Norton and i actually wrote the resolution to require our School District to register young folks to vote a year before they can vote. So whats happening on that . Do you have data right now . And do you see an increase on that now that its being implemented . Do we see more young people registering to vote . Thank you. Thats a great question, supervisor fewer. I just received an email today from one of our stakeholders letting us know that as january 30, 2020, San Franciscos seen a record high of 16 and 17 y r 17yearolds that have registered to vote. Speaking to constituents who are students, were not seeing formal infrastructure from sfusd, were seeing students taking action. But the limited Financial Resources and the scheduling time of the student just doesnt allow many young people to mount a Citywide Initiative or all of sfusd. Chair fewer and i dont think youre mandated to do. If this is the one big thing that you think you want to pass in november, then i think it is your responsibility to work with the Student Advisory Council and the representative that is on the school board that is the Student Advisory Council that represents the whole Student Advisory Council. They can actually work with Board Members to call a hearing on this, and i think you need a deep analysis of this. Because actually, if we want vote 16 to work, were going to need to have the School District have an Implementation Plan and then also have an infrastructure to support that. If they dont have the infrastructure to support the resolution that was passed over four years ago, youre going to have an even harder time. So i would say working with this body, the Student Advisory Council, which seems like a natural fit for you, they can actually and i know probably supervisor walton and president yee have coauthored many of these things with Student Advisory Council members to hearings and resolutions also. I think that, you know, we had great hope that people would preregister. You know, the fact that we the School District or us even as a legislative body would not take an initiative to actually a step to help or encourage people to participate in our electoral process is its, like, their responsibility. I think its part of the School Districts responsibility, too. Its part of a civics curriculum, it is part of engaging. And actually, it helps Public Schools in general because more people that vote that are products of our Public Schools will vote to support Public Schools, so it is in their best interests. Its a natural ally for you. I think it would be great if you could reach out. And they have the mechanism in order that they can actually go to the board. They sit at the board, and theyre its their responsibility, and they can actually call these hearings for real data; why isnt it working . What can we do to make it work. And then even gathering some anecdotial resources, because youre right. It isnt on just the youth to do it. It is on these institutions that are educating the youth to do. And also, i just want to say if there are Budget Priorities that you want to see i know that you had said you dont have the capacity to look up what the budget would be for everything, but you do have the capacity on some of these things to look at the budget and for example, on some of your Budget Priorities, that there has already been a budget for it, and how much do you think you would want to expend it by . I see that some of your recommendations are expand the know your rights, right . So what is it currently funded at, and what would you like to see it increased . Is it a 20,000 increase . Is it 3 million for Domestic Violence to expand it, blah, blah, blah. They know they wont get the 3 million, when their real target is 1. 5. Looking at your mindset, i would love to see what your priorities are. Vote 16 might be a Civic Engagement priority or political priority, but your Budget Priority to this committee should have a number attached to it so that we actually know what we could fund and what the impact it can do. Yeah, and just to touch on that, we had actually weve talked to the Controllers Office, and were working on contacts in each like, all of the departments. So for know your rights, department of Police Accountability and their finance contacts to try and sort of take, as you said, what we already have, extrapolate from that, and what wed like to see. So we are hoping to have that when we do our full report in may. Chair fewer yeah. And then, i would just say, too, in the know your rights, there are funding for many, Many Community groups in know your rights, and they are in community language. So would you want this through the office of Police Accountability or would you want more funding to go to nonprofits to actually reach out deep because they have these ties already deep into the community . Many of these communities, quite frankly, are the ones that most likely need to know your rights the most and dont have access to it because many of them are undocumented, and we know that many of our black and brown communities are the ones that are most targeted. Oh, yeah. We know that. Were kind of concerned that if were funding know your rights services, maybe these c. B. O. S are overlapping in their spheres of influence. So centralizing it, like, under schools or the d. P. A. Is our priority. Were keeping kind of all options in mind but we just want to make sure if were giving out resources, money to the community, that theyre actually putting resources into the community. Chair fewer and then, my last suggestion would be, you know, San Francisco is experiencing the largest wealth gap we have ever had. And i dont know if among your Youth Commissioners or not that people are talking about their families struggling to put food on the table, and we are looking at our youth that are being severely impacted by this, and the lack of opportunity to living wage jobs, quite frankly, and also the lack of opportunity of being about the networking to actually get jobs. So and also the lack of economic stability for some of our communities, especially our African American community. So im wondering whether or not and i dont see anything about your Budget Priorities at all. And i completely respect that you had a process, and these are the things you picked, but i would encourage you to think about economic stability especially for our youth. Because i am learning, as i go around and actually being on the school board for eight years, what we actually discovered is that a lot of the youth do not know about finances or economics or how to build economic stability within their own communities or themselves, and the lack of opportunities to do so. And we want our next generation to actually be able to survive here in San Francisco, and i firmly believe that every child that we are educating here in San Francisco should have a place to live and thrive in San Francisco. Then, many times, these our youth are going to be the ones that bring their families out of poverty and give them economic stability. And so ive seen it time and time again with immigrant communities. It is this generation of youth that are actually helping their parents and navigate this very sophisticated way of getting economic stability in a city that is one of the hardest cities to survive in. Yes, and we fully agree request that. We see that, we with that. We see that, we hear that, too, from our constituents. Thinking about that, we do definitely make sure that that informs what were thinking about when were doing our Budget Priorities, so we appreciate you for singling that out. Chair fewer sure. And i just want to say that my office is open should you need any assistance or guidance or whatever. We are more than happy to help, and we look forward to hearing more about your Budget Priorities when we start our budget process. Okay. Yeah. Chair fewer commissioners i mean, supervisors, any other comments or questions . Would you like to add something . I would. Not at all to reduce the significance of the question you just asked, but can i go back to the question about specific budgetary asks . Chair fewer sure. The 2015 Budget Priorities ask was based on the 2010 census, so the demographic has changed, if youd like us to send those to your offices. Were trying to find ways to make those numbers more accurate, whether that involves canvassing or polling, but we do have monetary asks similar to what they would be should the 2020 campaign pass. They would be updated with the 2020en ch 2020 census. Chair fewer any Background Information we can get would be helpful. Any other comments . Questions . Okay. I just want to say thank you so much. Yes, commissioners . Thank you. Chair fewer commissioners, thank you so much for what you do on behalf of the youth in San Francisco and thank you so much for your time. Madam clerk, is there any further business before this commission . Clerk madam chair, we need Public Comment. Chair fewer is there any Public Comment on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel]. Chair fewer well file this and bring it back when were ready to take action. Is there any further business before this commission . Seeing none, we are adjourned. It did take a village. I was really lucky when i was 14 years old to get an internship. The difference that it made for me is i had a job, but there were other people who didnt have a job, who, unfortunately, needed money. And they were shown to commit illegal acts to get money. That is what i want to prevent. [ ] today we are here to officially kick off the first class of opportunities for all. [applause]. Opportunities for all is a program that mayor breed launched in october of 2018. It really was a vision of mayor breed to get to all of the young people in San Francisco, but with an intention to focus on young people that have typically not being able to access opportunities such as internships or workbased learning opportunities. Money should never be a barrier to your ability to succeed in life and that is what this program is about. Theres always these conversations about young people not being prepared and not having experience for work and if they dont get an opportunity to work, then they cannot gain the experience that they need. This is really about investing in the future talent pool and getting them the experience that they need. It is good for everyone because down the road we will need future mechanics, future pilots, future bankers, future whatever they may be in any industry. This is the pipe on we need to work with. We need to start developing talent, getting people excited about careers, opening up those pathways and frankly giving opportunities out there that would normally not be presented. [ ] the way that it is organized is there are different points of entry and different ways of engagement for the young person and potential employers. Young people can work in cohorts or in groups and thats really for people that have maybe never had job experience or who are still trying to figure out what they want to do and they can explore. And in the same way, it is open for employers to say, you know what, i dont think we are ready to host an intern yearround are all summer, but that they can open up their doors and do site visits or tours or panels or conversations. And then it runs all the way up to the opportunity for young people to have longterm employment, and work on a project and be part of the employee base. Something new, to get new experience and meet people and then you are getting paid for it you are getting paid for doing that. It is really cool. I starting next week, i will be a freshman. [cheers and applause] two of the things i appreciate about this program was the amazing mentorship in the job experience that i had. I am grateful for this opportunity. Thank you. Something i learned at airbnb is how to network and how important it is to network because it is not only what you know, but also who you know to get far in life. During this program, i learned basic coding languages, had a had to identify the main components and how to network on a corporate level. It is also helping me accumulate my skills all be going towards my College Tuition where i will pursue a major in computer science. For myself, being that i am an actual residential realtor, it was great. If anybody wants to buy a house, let me know. Whenever. [applause] it is good. I got you. It was really cool to see the commercial side and think about the process of developing property and Different Things that i can explore. Opportunities for all was a great opportunity for all. We were aiming to have 1,000 young people register and we had over 2,000 people register and we were able to place about between 50 and did. We are still getting the final numbers of that. Over several weeks, we were able to have students participate in Investment Banking they were able to work with our team, or technology team, our engineering 20 we also gave them lessons around the industry, around financial literacy. There are 32,000 young people ages 16 and 24 living in San Francisco. And imagine if we can create an opera skin it just opportunity for all program for every young person that lives in public housing, Affordable Housing, low income communities. It is all up to you to make that happen. We have had really great response from employers and they have been talking about it with other employers, so we have had a lot of interest for next year to have people sign on. We are starting to figure out how to stay connected to those young people and to get prepared to make sure we can get all 2400 or so that registered. We want to give them placement and what it looks like if they get more. Lets be honest, there is always a shortage of good talent in any industry, and so this is a real great career path. For potential sponsors who might be interested in supporting opportunities for all , there is an opportunity to make a difference in our city. This is a really thriving, booming economy, but not for everyone. This is a way to make sure that everyone gets to benefit from the great place that San Francisco is and that we are building pathways for folks to be able to stay here and that they feel like they will belong. Just do it. Sign up for it. [ ] [ ] sfgovtv sfg. The San Francisco Health Commission is called to order. I will call roll. [roll call] clerk the second item on