Chair mar good morning, everyone. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the thursday, february 20 meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. I am supervisor gordon mar, the chair of this committee, and im joined by Committee Member supervisor matt haney and supervisor raphael mandelman, who is substituting for supervisor peskin, who are unable to be here. Id like to thank john carroll, our clerk, and sfgovtv. Mr. Clerk, do we have any announcements . Clerk yes, thank you, mr. Chair. Please make sure you silence your cell phones and electronic devices. Copies of documents and completed speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the board of supervisors february 26 agenda. Chair mar thank you. Mr. Clerk, please call item 1. [agenda item read]. Chair mar this item was continued from the last g. A. O. Meeting on february 6 and is sponsored by supervisor matt haney. Supervisor haney, the floor is yours. Supervisor haney thank you
The meat of the last recession and prior to it. So this panel is going to be a a bit of a History Lesson. Take this off depressingly wonderfully if we can say that as a phrase. Ive heard him speak a few times ive never had to be so negative so that is something to take into consideration. I cut it its got to be a bit of a History Lesson so i want to set the stage a bit for what was going on in the years in the months leading on so when the financial downturn started and so just a reminder of the Great Recession and thought it at the end of 2007 and i was the largest collapse in state revenue on record by 2010 states were looking at a loss of 191 billion dollars in total in revenue that they had lost between from the start of the downturn and of course when there are times of economic downturn hitters more pressure on social Safety Net Services and things that cost a more money and so you have that inverse effect of more budget pressure at a time where the dollars are disappearing and s
Vermont and they both serve between 2003 and 2011 are in the meat of the last recession and prior to it. So this panel is going to be a a bit of a History Lesson. Take this off depressingly wonderfully if we can say that as a phrase. Ive heard him speak a few times ive never had to be so negative so that is something to take into consideration. I cut it its got to be a bit of a History Lesson so i want to set the stage a bit for what was going on in the years in the months leading on so when the financial downturn started and so just a reminder of the Great Recession and thought it at the end of 2007 and i was the largest collapse in state revenue on record by 2010 states were looking at a loss of 191 billion dollars in total in revenue that they had lost between from the start of the downturn and of course when there are times of economic downturn hitters more pressure on social Safety Net Services and things that cost a more money and so you have that inverse effect of more budget pr
Read next speaker please. My name is ivy, im also parent to two Young Children here, and i am also a member of the specialist team. During the election last round along with my team we went to schools to read, speak to immigrant parents, and their schools and reach over 1000 chinese speaking parents to listen to their opinions about the school. As you know, San Francisco is a city made of many immigrants. Its not that parents do not want to participate in voting, there are one too many barriers that exist for them like language and cultural barriers. In this atmosphere today, there are many reasons impacting their decision. Our outreach effort is not just on educating and informing people of their rights to participate for election, but also recognize that there are many ways to participate in the community and encouraging them to do so. I would like to urge the board of supervisors to continue supporting immigrant families in our community, by restoring full funding for us to continue
I moved into my wonderful, beautiful, Affordable Housing march 7th. I have lived in San Francisco since i was twoyearsold. Ive lived in hunters view for 23 to 24 years now. My name is vlady. I use titus and i am the resident commissioner for the San Francisco housing facility. From the very beginning, this whole transition of Public Housing and Affordable Housing was a good idea. But many, many residents didnt think it would ever actually happen. Its been a life changing experience. And im truly grateful for the whole initiative and all those that work on the whole sf initiative. Theyve done a wonderful job accommodating the residents, who for many years have lived in delap tated housing. Now they have quality housing. I was on a street where the living room and the kitchen and stairs. It wasnt large enough to accommodate. The children are grown. I had the accomplish of having a dishwasher in my home. I really like that. [laughter] i really like not having to wash dishes by hand. We st