Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20180121

The plan is for every saturday, plus once during the week. Commissioner loo thank you. President serina thank you. Any other comments or questions . From the public . Hearing none, call the question, all in favor . Any opposed . Thank you, the motion carries. Item f. Requesting authorization to enter into a new Grant Agreement with north and south of market Adult Day Health dba steppingstone for the were vision of Community Services Program Pilot during the time period beginning january 1, 2018 and ending june 30, 2020, in an amount of 413,924 plus a 10 contingency, of 41,392, for a total amount not to exceed 455,316. Tiffany . Ok, the steppingstone Grant Agreement is for new Community Service activity programming designed for the lgbtq seniors and adults with disabilities in an adult daycare setting, also known as adhc. This population is frail and at high risk for placement in a Skilled Nursing facility and as a result, this Grant Agreement is distinct and different from the other Community Service Program Pilots presented. Services provided at adhc contribute to the success of those intending to live independently at home. The Service Provided will augment the Services Provided in adhc setting and attract the lgbtq seniors and adult with disability population who have historically shied away from this type of support because of the lack of appropriate and qualified providers. To assure program is appropriate and staff is well trained, steppingstone will subcontract with open house to staff training and staff that is of interest to the lgbtq community. They will outreach to the open house community, including staff, Community Members and Senior Center participants with the idea building a working relationship, trust in the lgbt community. Steppingstone will serve at least 36 consumers and provide 1400 hours of service during this Grant Agreement. I request approval for the grant and if happy to answer questions. President serina thank you, this is a very worth while program, something ive been championing issues along the lines for the lgbt Senior Community for the tenure ive had on the commission and im happy they will be working with open house. Because they do have the expertise, they know how to reach members of the community, they know how to develop the right kind of programming and engender the kind of trust needed. I think this is very exciting and ill be monitoring this one closely. I look forward to hearing how well it does. Me, too. President serina any other comments or questions from the commission . Any comments or questions from the public . Hearing none, call the question, all in favor . Any opposed . Thank you. The motion carries. Item g. Requesting authorization to enter into a new Grant Agreement with selfhelp for the elderly for the provision of Community Services Program Pilot during the time period beginning january 1, 2018 and ending on june 30, 2020 in an amount of 334,299 plus a 10 contingency of 33,430 for a total of not to exceed 367,729. Once again, tiffany. Thank you. Selfhelp for the elderly new Community Service activity programming also includes increasing hours of operation that is targeted toward younger seniors and adults with disability who are not accessing services because theyre not able to attend during typical Community Service hours. Selfhelp plans to actively outreach to the meal consumers. Nearly three quarters of the champ meal consumers are not enrolled in Community Service programming and theyre at high risk for isolation, because they do not obtain their meal in a congregate setting. The selfhelp will take place at the jackie chan Senior Center located in the richmond district, 38 p. M. Monday through friday. In addition to the programming, selfhelp will offer two round trips a day between champ meal sites and the jackie chan Senior Center to ensure participation and alleviate transportation barriers. Selfhelp will serve an average of nearly 1500 consumers and provide 2700 hours of service annually. I request approval for the Grant Agreement and am happy to answer questions. President serina thank you. Any comments or questions . Commissioner wallenberg thank you, the program is a great program. It is my understanding there was need for new partners, do we know where were at in terms of, have those partnerships been filled . I checked in i dont think linda is here today but i did check in with her yesterday and my understanding, there is one starting next week, is that right . Yeah, were opening a third site. We have a second site on noriega, past 19 and the 20 and a third site is opening out in the exsellsier district, i think shortly, like the next week or so. President serina thank you. Any other comments or questions. Hearing none, any comments or questions from the public . Hearing none, call the question, all in favor . Any opposed . Thank you, the motion carries. Item h finally. Dont you feel as though youve in a production. Requesting authorization to enter into a new Grant Agreement with swords to plow shares for the provision of Community Services Program Pilot during the time period beginning january 1, 2018 and ending june 30, 2020 in an amount of 264,210, plus a 10 contingency of 26,421, for a totalment in not to exceed 290,631. Thank you, tiffany again. The last Grant Agreement i am presenting this morning is with swords to plowshares. The new Community Service program is aimed at seniors and adults with disabilities who are military veterans. This population of seniors and adults with disability do not typically access Community Service programming offered by other community partners. Swords to plow share has Extensive Knowledge working with military veterans and their expertise will enable them to create Community Service programming that will be meaningful and impactful to the veteran population. Their new program will take place at their drop in center, where military veterans Access Health and social services. Their new Community Service program will consist of educational and social activities, Group Gatherings and a casual lounge area where vets can converse and engage with one another as well as staff. Swords to plow share will serve at least 150 consumers and provide 1,000 hours of service annually. I request approval for the Grant Agreement and am happy to answer any questions. Thank you, any comments or questions from the commission . Just one. Will the outreach include in the cases where the veterans are not getting any services from the veterans administration, helping them negotiate that, so they can receive any federal benefit they may be eligible for . You mean in terms of the programming . I think swords to plowshares works, they do that at their dropin center, thats part of the services that the dropin center, that includes case management, inhouse referrals, emergency housing, assistance with medical, all those sorts of president serina i was thinking in terms of the target population, i know many veterans on the streets dont get services from the federal government to which they may be entitled. Thats one of the key services that swords to plow shares provide and michael might want to address that. The executive director is here. Thank you. Yes, since we started back in the day, mid 70s, weve always recognized the need for veterans with honorable discharges there are five kinds of discharges, honorable, general, undesirable, administrative, like a plea bargain and two other punitive, one is called bad conduct and d dishonorable. Its the middle that is a source of a lot of it denies as United States said, your eligibility for health care, any kind of care from the v. A. It serves as a barrier to getting a job, et cetera, et cetera, its a lifetime stigma. So weve always addressed that and we would focus on that as we have with the outreach in the homeless encampments and where housing is geared to those not eligible for some of the v. A. Programs, its a separate subsidy. But thats been a big sort of unmet need. We would continue that. President serina thank you very much. Any other comments or questions. Any comments or questions from the public . Hearing none, call the question all in favor . Any opposed . Thank you, the motion carries. Thank you very much, tiffany. I think she deserves a round of applause. [applause] any general Public Comment . None. Any announcement . I have an announcement. Thats our very own tom nolan, who is the special project manager overseeing the lgbtq senior task force recommendations, but also was a long time member of the commission, is being honored on thursday by mta, theyre going to unveil a plaque in his honor at the castro station, 4 00 on thursday, mezzanine level. Hopefully, people will be there to support him then. President serina thank you. Anything else . I just would like to invite the commission, the staff and the Broader Community to an office warming, our new office is located at 1663 mission street, suite 525, to locate that, its across the street from the department of aging and adult services. Were Planning Office warming for the 25th of january from 47 at that site. This kind of marks the transition for us. Were celebrating the 10th anniversary this year and were trying to lay the groundwork for the next decade, so were very excited about the new space and we hope youll come see it. I wanted to mention as board member for the seniors disability action, who had graciously shared space with us, theyre also planning a party on the 19th, at their office, which is getting spiffed up, since we left. Theyve been able to clean it up and make it more available to everybody. So their party is on the 19th for 46. So please come on down. President serina thank you very much. Any other comments from the public . Hearing none, with great regret i ask for a motion to adjourn . May i just following up on director mcspadden request, and appropriate request, i look around this room and i see so many people who had relationships with mayor lee. And we are in a season of grief right now. And were trying to navigate ourselves through the grief. He was a very special man, a gentleman. And a friend to many here. And he will be greatly, greatly missed. I had the very distinct pleasure of being one of his First Commission appointments to the Human Rights Commission and i was his last to this commission. Ive always thanked him for his trust. Had the great privilege of working with him in my capacity with the interfaith council. He entrusted us with a donation to navigate the first center and we worked with him on immigration and sanctuary to our friends who wanted to come to chrissy field and the citys response to that. And i dont think ive met a Public Servant who has so selflessly, and so tirelessly served his community as mayor lee. I am very confident that history is going to be kind to his legacy and i think those of us who were privileged to serve under his administration ought to be very grateful for the privilege. And with that, mr. President , i would ask if we might close with a moment of silence. President serina thank you, of course. [moment of silence being observed for mayor lee] president serina thank you very much. Meeting is now adjourned. The office of controllers Whistle Blower Program is how City Employees and recipient sound the alarm an fraud address wait in City Government charitable complaints results in investigation that improves the efficiency of City Government that. 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Org and information on reporting retaliation that when fraud is loudly to continue it jeopardizes the level of service that City Government can provide in you hear or see any dishelicopter behavior boy an employee please report it to say Whistle Blower Program more information and the whistle blower protections please seek www. Benedict. Were back in session and well now go to item nine which is discussion of the enforcement report and discussion on various Program Highlights and various activity since the last monthly meeting. Thank you, chair. We had a productive month. Received nine new complaints. We opened 11 new investigations, and we dismissed 23 complaints which put a significant dent in our outstanding preliminary review matters. The details for which i can oh, no, i have it in here. 58 complaints only remain in preliminary review. So when we started this process, when we were down all investigators, we had almost 190 unreviewed complaints, and were down to 58, so im proud of my staff. Theyre doing a great job. And thanks to everyone in the review chain that has to get through all that information. Its a heavy lift. I also wanted to highlight that youll recall the Sunshine Ordinance Task force received a complaint that this commission violated the sunshine ordinance regarding taking of vote of doing yeah, taking a vote of something that wasnt on the agenda, and the task force decided that you did not violate the law. The sunshine Ordinance Committee has decided to repope that complaint even though it was decided in december with the final issuance of that order, and we have declined to participate in that process. So i sent them a letter at that we had fully complied with our obligations and provided all the facts and arguments that were available to us regarding the incident previously in the first hearing, and i asked them for a citation to hearing that allows them to reopen the adjudicated matter, and i have not heard back. The additional statistics regarding the open complaints are on page two. We now have 63 open investigations, and that caseload is growing as we get through the remaining 58 complaints, well have more and more investigations, but were also working towards stipulated resolutions in several of them, and youll have some findings of no probable cause and findings of probable cause coming before you over the next couple of months, as well. And you can see the matters that are with the bureau of delinquent revenuer, and people are keeping up on their papymet plans, so with that, ill answer any questions. Commissioners . Any Public Comment on that . Im bob planthold. As a veteran of the Sunshine Ordinance Task force, i want to comment on that. Some weeks after the hearing where the decision was you didnt violate, i contacted the administrator for that body to s say whats the basis and whats the timeline for any appeal and reconsideration. You folks havent mentioned that in here. There was a timeline, a relatively short timeline after the decision is made for reconsideration. I believe that timeline is long passed, so even if there was grounds for somehow taking the d. A. s decision into account, they missed the deadline, and that hasnt been stated in here. Maybe its been stated in the letter. It just bothered me that suddenly the task force seems to be saying well, somebody else differed with us, so well go along with them. And thats why the procedural issue of the timeline, it can be a