Million Pilot Program to provide longterm assistance to seniors shut out of Senior Housing. The Senior Housing thats being built and Senior Housing that will be built under the ballot measure for the housing bonds the Affordable Housing bonds, the alternative to president yees Senior Housing program is more and more housing seniors. I refer you to the justreleased Community HousingEngagement Survey of the Mayors Office of housing with the office of economic and Workforce Development and the planning department. That survey that just came out confirmed the number one request of Community Members all throughout San Francisco is Affordable Housing and city assistance to reduce the cost of housing. Thank you. Clerk thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello. That luckily are available in the city but not enforced. I recognize as the root of this issue the government, both city, state, and federals failure to side with the workers, and this generational degradation of Worker Rights and our ability to organize in favor of corporations. The largest corporations in San Francisco enjoyed hundreds of millions of dollars in tax credits from the federal government, so the money is here. I challenge you guys [inaudible] chair fewer thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Hi. Good morning. My name is lourdes alarcon. Generally speaking, i had the help of getting subsidized child care, but i also have to be part of the waiting list. And yeah, i dont want to first of all, i want to thank the people representing us today, and i want to acknowledge that because you know how child care how important it is for a mother to have, so you dont want to choose between not especially a job and not being cannot pay child not accepting a job and not being able to afford child care services. I want to thank supervisor ronen for opening the horace mann shelter. But also, im advocating for the waiting list. This is a struggle, we have a lot of many issues. Were not against each other, but i think children cannot wait. They are, like, growing every minute, and they need the investment because thats investment in our future. So were advocating for child care because thats part of our future but thats also supporting women that need the services in order to make develop a Better Family and have their opportunities for their children. Thank you very much. Chair fewer thank you. Next speaker, please. Good morning. My name is mia velez. Im a child care provider, and with the consent of the parents of the kids i care for, i asked them to have them here with me, some of them, most of them. As you can see, the kids are over there, climbing furniture, crawling under the seats and things like that. If you can imagine for those of you that are parents, if you had to bring your child here, what kind of work can you do . Are you able to provide for your family . Are you able to pay your rent if you had to bring your children here to work . So i just wanted to remind you the kind of work thats needed for the people, for the citizens of frisk and United States in San Francisco and United States in general. Right now, i have a waiting list of full paying parents of 50, and im not including the parents who subsidized. We reserve in our program two subsidized seats. We can only offer seats for two families who need care. I cant imagine what those parents who need care are doing right now, how to provide for their kids, and what theyre hoping for the future, so i just want you to think about us. Thank you. Good morning. My name is maria jandres, and im here representing many mothers, many women, that we struggle every day, and were not struggling because we want to, were trying to thrive, do all the things that we have to do, but especially advocating for immigrants mothers that since we are a part of the School District, but we dont know the rights that we have to be part of that School District. And im asking here for to support the collaboration for the noncitizens voting because its important for parents that are involved in their schools with their children to be part of that. But not only be part of that, just coming and drop off your kids. I want my child to be successful. In order to do that, i have to be able to empower myself and know that i can make decisions in the school board, as well. Im also speaking on behalf of the child care because ive been on a wait list since i was in my second trimester. And until i was homeless, i could not access that, and its a shame to deny parents to what is a human right. Kids should not be in spaces where they are not learning and their development is not getting what they need to do. So im very grateful that you guys are working and doing these power these changes, but please, lets support the immigrant families. Immigrant families, we are very afraid. People are afraid of speaking up, and thats why im not here because im not afraid, and im going to tell all the other parents to speak up, to fight for their rights. But thank you very much. Good morning, supervisors. My name is maria lusori, and im with the parent advocates. Every year, we fight the same fight. We have children in extreme poverty living side by side with our millionaires. We have the highest density of millionaires and billionaires and the fifth largest economy in the world. We need to grow our economy for our children. Our children are only here four to five years. The lost opportunities cannot be rebuilt. If they do not access child care, their learning potential is minimized. When i was a young parent starting parent voices, my first paycheck went to pay for my infant care for my daughter, and i was so sad, i had to call a parent talk line, and they sent me a check, but that only took care of my one. Luckily, my parents came, and i had to pull my son out of preschool so they could take care of my infant daughter and my son. Meantime, im still on the waiting list. My children had to go home to the philippines until i raised enough money. And finally, i was served and i got the funding because now my children are in college, and i think they benefited by the time they get the funding. So i hope that all our children will get the same child care access. Thank you very much. Chair fewer thank you very much. Yes. Hi. My name is june bug. Im with parent voices, and im with poor magazine, and i support the justice coalition. We need funding for our children 0 to 5. We have over 2,500 children in San Francisco on the wait list, and children that dont have care can end up being homeless. Children that dont care can end up with parents without a career, without college education, without economic stablity. Cribs, not concrete. My daughter waited on the wait list so long that i had to go through extreme stress just to get child care for her. My son got subsidy, and even with scholarship, i still ended up paying 200 out of my welfare check to keep us from ending up in poverty. Im someone who needs child care, ive been through homelessness. All of these issues shouldnt be pitted against each other. Theres a way we can look at the budget and make sure these needs get met if we do it in an equitiable way. The amount we need to help children get off the wait list is really large and would probably be at risk of taking money away from other services. So im here to ask if we could start doing something in the meantime. And that is at least 2 million because with 2 million, you can help 250 children. Thank you so much. Remember, child care keeps San Francisco and our children learning. Thank you. Chair fewer thank you, june bug. [speaking spanish language] my name is antonia lopez, and i participate with meta. I had the opportunity to be a leader for 30 years. One day, it came into action in the collaboration. I had the opportunity to do outreach in the community and to be in contact with many parents about this issue. Throughout the outreach, i met and spoke with many parents of immigrants. I met many of them, and i know that they recognize the importance of the power of voting, and theres many parents that value this right, but this is not this is not just about recognizing the value of voting but also participating in the School District. Our community understands the value of being able to participate openly and freely. Much of their testimonies that i that i heard spoke much about the fear that their families were being separated have a conflict of interest, deciding whether they should vote or feel secure. As a mother leader, i would like that they that they brought in other resources the resources that we have for outreach to be able to clue more families, to be able to incorporate more immigrant families in this process. We need time for doing that and to generate the trust and the consciousness in providing this issue in order to be able to motivate more parents. My wish is to be able to continue this work and to keep raising our voice so that ultimately it would result [inaudible] chair fewer thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Happy monday, supervisors. My names kevin. I work with coleman advocates for children and youth. We work with families in San Francisco, adults, young people to transform their school communities. Im here today to ask you to support the Budget Coalition demands, asks from the budget as well as the parent collaborative. We are at a time where our families are under attack from high rent prices, displacement, Police Harassment from the president and his words. This city took a really courageous step in allowing noncitizens to vote for a school board, recognizing the importance that that process has and families feeling connected to the School Community and having a say in what that outcome will look like at the school where their child is being educated. So im here to ask you to support the noncitizen immigrant voting collaborative and really follow through on your commitment and make sure that these families get the opportunity to learn about their rights and fully participate in the democracy in the city that is setup to give them a say in their schools. Thank you so much. Chair fewer thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, members of the committee. Thank you for this opportunity to speak. My name is arla s. Ertz. Im a resident of San Francisco in the district 5 Western Addition neighborhood, and i have had the great honor and privilege of living in this wonderful city since 1970, and the only reason i am still here and have been here all that time is because of rent control, otherwise, i wouldnt be able to afford to live here. In october, i retired from my position as a social worker with the city and county of San Francisco. I worked as a social worker for many years, serving many of the people whose needs are representing here today. And one thing i can say for sure are the needs outweigh the Resources Available and even what resources are available sometimes require waiting for a long, long time if anyone gets them if they are still here by then. So im here in support of the budget justice requests, and theyre youre going to hear from many people today with many different needs from many different communities. Im not going to pick and choose which ones to speak about, and i urge you not to pick and choose which ones to support because the need is across the board. So i encourage you to take an equitiable approach and a broad approach to support all needs from all communities. I just one last thing. I was shocked, shocked to stand here and hear from the ohlone member of this group speaking about budget being cut. Lets not forget, were standing here, meeting on stolen land today, so lets not add insult to injury [inaudible] chair fewer thank you. Next speaker. Hello. My name is kim shuck. Im the poet laureate of San Francisco. Im also a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of oklahoma. I am also one of five generations of my family that have lived in this city. And i was appalled to see the native programming budget got cut. For a lot of reasons, i got to hear some nonsense being in and out of this building a lot, and its not the fault of the people who say it. Its miseducation and its ignorance. Part of the solution is to continue to make possible Public Events where native people are visible. There are a lot of us here. It is one of the endpoints for the relocation in the 70s. I have had the displeasure to here one member not of this board, but of another board, refer to our member as not looking like an indian. Thats serious. The other thing that San Francisco is is on the list of cities that have the most murders of indigenous women, which is a big issue these days. Its an issue thats important. I want you to think about that. Have a good afternoon. Supervisor mandelman thank you. Next speaker. Hello, everyone. My name is cynthia. Its an honor to be here and for you to hear my voice. Its very important for me because im a Domestic Violence survivor, and its very empowering right now. Its a dangerous situation. We need subsidies like shelters, Affordable Housing, and to support all of the nonprofits that are currently working, enough subsidies because those are the ones that deal with these kinds of problems. To me in particular, when i was on crutches, two organizations offered their handout to me with food, a space where i could go. Even though i havent yet achieved the american dream, as an immigrant and as many of us that are here today, we are in a struggle. Also as a huge Economic Contribution to this country, trust we are here today for a Better Future for this country and for our families. Thank you. Supervisor mandelman thank you. Next speaker. [speaking spanish language] hello. Good morning. My name is cynthia maldonado. I am the mother of two children, of four years old and nine years old. I am really concerned that they may be considering budget cuts for programs for my children. The truth is that me as a part of the community of low resources, we always need to look out that our children have the same opportunities that other children have. Its been very difficult for me because my child who is on a waiting list for preschool has not attended it. But thanks to programs like la raza and others, they have helped me help him, and they have helped prepare him for kindergarten. I ask you to please keep in mind our comments and our needs as a community. Thank you. Supervisor mandelman thank you. Next speaker. [speaking spanish language] good afternoon. My name is carmen rodriguez. I am a latin mother from with a children that are 10 years old, 3 years old, and 7 years old. In particular, la raza has been helpful to me for having support for my family. And with the fact that they are in an education program, i have been also able to enroll them in other programs, as well. And i would like to see that other families can also enjoy the benefits of these programs like i have enjoyed. Like my colleague said before me, it is very helpful for us to receive assistance with food as well as with health care. And i would like to see your support so that many other families can benefit from these programs. Thank you, thank you, thank you. [speaking native language] [inaudible] to lowincome seniors. Lets look at the citys housing portal. This year, so far, there were over 40 Affordable Housing opportunities. Only three of them are Senior Housing. [please stand by] the income is usually around 800, we need truly Affordable Housing area the resources that the city has put into developing Senior Housing is far from enough. Among the low income population, 24 of them, the city only both 12 of resources under Senior Housing. And now we cannot even reach the threshold to apply for Senior Housing. At the same time, fund and support program to make Senior Housing truly affordable to low income seniors area thank you. Good afternoon supervisors, member of the committee. I represent affirmative action, we are here to ask that you include our budget requests for noncitizen voting are reachable. We are very thankful for our inclusion in the draft spending plan. There is no doubt that immigrants, no matter what our statuses are that we are under attack. Just in the last week, you have seen how the c3 has unleashed a new wave of terror that has impacted our immigrant families, threatening largescale deportation and major us cities and shooting hours to get we want to acknowledge and thank all of the Community Members who came out today as a demonstration of political courage and for their ability to release the couch and participate in this civic activity on the budget process area this is a testament to our work. This is what we are trying to accomplish when we are saying that we connect with the community they are engaged and trust communitybased organizations who engage in service provision, Community Education and civic leader to be able to overcome the panic and activate their political power. We appreciate we would like for this committee to fully fund our collaborative that goes towards seven organizations to do this work in a multilingual and multiethnic matter. We have demonstrated our