Introduce new business, supervisor avalos. Thank you madam clerk. A couple of items for introduction today. One is a request for the City Attorney to draft legislation that would set us in motion to create a Municipal Development corporation. As you all know i have been working for a number of years on the creation of a public bank, a Municipal Bank for the city and county of San Francisco. The public bank could eventually take over the citys banking functions that are currently performed by bank of america and wells fargo and issue forms of debt and refinance the citys general obligation bonds. The goal of the bank is maximize the citys Financial Resources and minimize the amount the city pays out in interest and fees to wall street firms. It is clear that we have a huge unfunded needs in a number of areas such as Affordable Housing, transportation infrastructure, and Renewable Power to name a few. Its my hope that a public bank will help fill the funding gaps. While the City Attorney
Three days and i want to acknowledge mr. Mcknight for the service to the community, his humanitarian spirit and the Rapid Response in the face of a challenging situation. Hes one of the dedicated staff that came together to make sure that the residents were warm, safe and secure during the night. He is a graduate of si here in San Francisco. Supervisor farrell nods in with support as well as uc berkeley and serves in the navy. He worked in the biotech industry before moving to San Francisco to do something more meaningful. Well, he certainly has. Mr. Mcknight since youre we want you say a couple of words to this board. I know ben aames i believe yes ben is also here as well, our Disaster Response manager, who also wanted to be here to support your work so ben if you would like to come up as well please do but i want to thank you for your services. Its not often many employees approach our office to commend someone for their work and its clear that your colleagues appreciate your dedica
Today, the director of emergency and Disaster Services and made sure the meals were delivered during the days and he asked two questions. When did the city want the meals and where delivered and how many people needed to be fed . As an example of someone who always says yes we can for the entire team many folk frts city family approached our office to make sure we honor you for your efforts over those three days and i want to acknowledge mr. Mcknight for the service to the community, his humanitarian spirit and the Rapid Response in the face of a challenging situation. Hes one of the dedicated staff that came together to make sure that the residents were warm, safe and secure during the night. He is a graduate of si here in San Francisco. Supervisor farrell nods in with support as well as uc berkeley and serves in the navy. He worked in the biotech industry before moving to San Francisco to do something more meaningful. Well, he certainly has. Mr. Mcknight since youre we want you say a
Called the storm of the decade hashtag storm a geton. The storm that deluged the bay area with 6. 5 inches of rain, much need but of course at the same time maked the month as the wettest on record in the last 60 years. There are many things that the department of emergency and Disaster Services were able to do to coordinate efforts that were needed throughout the city but one important identified need that came from the hope office with bevan dusty was the need for Emergency Shelter for the many residents that live on the streets. And not able to get a bed in the shelter system and at capacity even when there isnt any rain. The department worked with hope and the city Disaster Services to quickly ready a shelter at the rec center across the street from my house really in under 24 hours an amazing task. They set up low bureaucracy temporary shelter where residents could literally walk in and immediately get a bed and also stay through the next day. Ecf staffed the shelter bringing in l
Need for Emergency Shelter for the many residents that live on the streets. And not able to get a bed in the shelter system and at capacity even when there isnt any rain. The department worked with hope and the city Disaster Services to quickly ready a shelter at the rec center across the street from my house really in under 24 hours an amazing task. They set up low bureaucracy temporary shelter where residents could literally walk in and immediately get a bed and also stay through the next day. Ecf staffed the shelter bringing in last minute supplies and even staff just throughout the city like bevan saw that we had everything that we needed for everyone that came in. The red cross donated cots and blankets and comfort tips and hygiene packets. The one piece to be addressed in the early stage was food, something that is so obvious, but a gaff that we clearly had. The citys team was concerned about bringing residents out of the rain without food to sustain them. The shelter in the end