[speaking cantonese] supervisor ronen thank you so much, president yee. Again my apologies for the confusion. I do want to just put on the record to o. C. S. , when we ask for translation in meetings for an item, were not just talking about translating Public Comment. Were talking about translating everything thats going on. The public should be able to understand what their representatives are saying. And not just give Public Comment to the wind and not understand if its understood or taken. Im a bit troubled that when translation is requested, its not automatically for everything. So i just want to make that note. And i will follow up after this hearing, to make it clear that there shouldnt every single time theres a translation request, it should be for everything thats happening in the meeting. [speaking spanish] [stopping translation] president yee i agree. This is really shameful. [speaking cantonese] supervisor ronen supervisor walton. Supervisor walton thank you so much. Through the chair, just a request for president yee in terms of that last proposed amendment. Where exactly did you want it to go, concerning annual reporting . President yee the City Attorney . Deputy City Attorney. I think that last sentence would probably sit best at the end of subsection con page 2, starting on line 19. And correct me if im wrong here, supervisor yee, i understand your amendment to be a requirement for doss to submit an annual report each fiscal year to the board and the mayor, is that right . President yee correct. Supervisor walton thank you. Supervisor ronen so im sorry this is taking so long. But i did want to make some other comments here, because i actually think that this is one of the most important pieces of legislation before us in a long time. And i want to thank president yee for his incredible leadership. Really throughout your entire career. For very Young Children and for seniors and for the disabled. Its one of the things that i admire so much about you and youre just relentless. You dont stop. And i cant thank you enough for that, because we need someone to be relentless for these communities that are so often forgotten. And so i want to thank you for that. This is super personal for me. I have a father who hes 81, hes disabled. And he was a lowwage worker his entire life. He gets a very small Social Security check every month. And if he did not have my mother, who has a pension from being a school teacher, and a member of a union, and living in a rentcontrolled apartment in los angeles, that they lived in my entire life, my dad would be homelessness. And theres no question about it, or hed be living with me more likely. But he would not be able to be independent and living on his own, because theres no way he could afford a marketrate apartment in los angeles, where he lives, and certainly not in San Francisco. So this is really just a crucial, crucial piece of legislation. And im so proud to be a cosponsor of it. I want to give just a little bit of background from the perspective of my office and from amy bynard, who has worked closely with supervisor yees office, with ccdc, with faith in action about this really important legislation. Joining Mission EconomicDevelopment Agency and chinatown, c. D. C. Just over a year ago to break ground on casa, at 1296 shotwell was a true moment of celebration for district 9. It was the first new construction of Affordable Housing in a decade in my district. A period during which the mission became ground zero for displacement, while hundreds of new luxury units were built. But not only was this Affordable Housing, it was Affordable Housing for seniors. And nearly double the number of senior apartments in district 9. So it was both a surprise and a disappointment when i learned from the [speaking spanish] , the women who are in the audience right now, working with Mission Promise neighborhood and faith in action, they did outreach in preparation to lease up 1296 shotwell, they were learning that their neighbors would not even qualify to apply for the housing that they fought so hard to build. That their incomes were not high enough to cover the represents on these quote unquote affordable units. So why this disconnect on family and why is it coming to light so late in the project . For many years, much affordable Senior Housing was built under capital and operating dollars to make it deeply affordable, appropriately affordable for seniors surviving on shoestringfixed incomes. The federal program was killed through a series of congressional budget cuts and ended in 2011. And Senior Housing built since then has not had the operating subsidy needed to be financially viable without relying on higher tenant rents. But the need has clearly not changed. The analysis that came out of the senior working group, for the housing bond and the call to action by leaders of faith in action, have made that crystal clear. The overwhelming majority of seniors in our city are living on less than 22,000 a year. About 25 of the area Median Income in San Francisco. And seniors, whose only income is s. S. I. , are just under 15 a. M. I. Compare that with the amount of money thats required for apartments in this building in 1296 south shotwell. It would be truly shameful for us to size up this stunning obvious reality, that unless we intercede right now, what we are calling affordable Senior Housing is not Affordable Housing for southeasterns. Not for those who need it the most, we must respond now. Again im so grateful to president yee for his leadership and his determination and his urgency to create the s. O. S. Program and to the board for approving initial funding for this pilot project. I know that we have an extremely tight timeline to integrate these subsidies into the financing of 1296 shotwell, in time for rentup. But it is critically important that we do that. My office has talked with meta and with ccdc and they have confirmed that they are committed to making this work. And i see them nodding in the audience. And i appreciate mocd an doss stepping up to meet this challenge. Thank you so much to both kate and shireen for stepping up to the plate. Specifically what we are expecting this will do two 1296 shotwell to bring subsidies to 40 apartments, so seniors with extremely low incomes at 15 a. M. I. And 5 a. M. I. Can qualify. And s. O. S. Will make it possible for the city to do the same, for pipeline and new projects that the housing bond will make possible. Thank you so much to the Community Leaders who have been making the rounds, holding meetings, doing the deep analysis and voicing your demands. I hear you and [speaking spanish spanish. I will do whatever i can to take the first step for s. O. S. And to keep working to address the Affordable Housing for our citys elders and all those who are struggling to stay in San Francisco. Gracias. [speaking spanish] [laughter] president yee one more word. I always forget to do this. I really want to thank my staff, jen, who really took this issue to heart and worked with the advocates to make this happen. Supervisor ronen absolutely. I want to thank you, jen, as well. Thanks for your extraordinary work. We will now open up this item for Public Comment. [speaking spanish] if you want to line up on this side of the room, to your right, my left. [speaking spanish] mr. Wright, going to start us off . Shes going to start off first. Supervisor ronen fantastic. [speaking spanish spanish. [ good morning everybody, for your presence. Voice of translator my name is brenda and im one of the leaders in faith in action. [speaking spanish] voice of translator i would also like to thank supervisor ronen, so that in future meetings we also have interpretation in spanish. [speaking spanish] voice of translator im here to advocate for myself and other seniors in my community, that are also low income as myself. Speaking spanish voice of translator in my case, its not really possible for me to be independent as my s. S. I. Is not sufficient for me to pay for my apartment. [speaking spanish] voice of translator i would like you to keep in mind also all of the older seniors and seniors with disabilities, who cannot afford more than 30 of their income to pay for their apartments. [speaking spanish] voice of translator thank you for listening to me. Have a nice day. Ive been pointing this out for several years. First of all, you should be charging people 30 of their income right off the top, without a subsidy. Thats the reason why the Housing Authority went out of business, because youve got all of these subsidies. Youre wasting money. You need legislation with a requirement of represent for people in these type of income brackets with disabilities automatically 30 of their income in order to be a tenant in the building. Straight off the top. And now about this new legislation that youre doing, youve got a situation enjoyed by senior citizens, but not enjoyed by lowerage bracket people, thats called age discrimination. That should be applied to each and every citizen in San Francisco, not just senior citizens. By the same response, you already got laws on the books pertaining to the charter and redevelopment, rehabilitation and housing. It says right here, section section 33413 of the Community Redevelopment law. At least 15 of all new rehabilitated dwellings, united developed by the public or private entities or persons other than the agency shall be available at Affordable Housing costs to persons and families of very low and low and moderate incomes, not less than 40 of the dwelling units required by available and Affordable Housing at costs to persons and families of very low and low and moderate income shall be available at Affordable Housing costs to very low and low income bracket people. If this was applied, like it was suppose to be applied to each and every brandnew building that comes out of the Mayors Office on housing, for equal opportunity, you wouldnt have this problem with the senior citizens. When you get old, after being in the streets, the majority of your life, now you want to house the people. When theyre suppose to be housed and have an equal opportunity. [bell ringing] [speaking spanish] voice of translator good morning. Good morning, supervisors [speaking spanish] voice of translator im also a leader in faith and action. And today im a promote for faith in action as well. [speaking spanish] voice of translator im here because im here to fight as i have been fighting for many years. Im here because the fight continues. [speaking spanish] voice of translator we want to know more about the subsidies, because its only enough for 40 units. And we want to know whats going to happen with the rest of the people. [speaking spanish] voice of translator so what we want is that for seniors to only pay 30 . [speaking spanish] voice of translator so what we want is to have more subsidies, so that these seniors only pay the 30 that we are requesting, that they only pay for for their represent. [speaking spanish] voice of translator because what we really want to avoid is that these people not going to receive the subsidies, that are not going to receive housing, that they may end up homeless in the streets. [speaking spanish] voice of translator so, supervisors, since you were not able to come to the action meeting that we had, wed like to ask you when we can come to talk to you about this issue. [speaking spanish] voice of translator i want to know the date and the time and all that. [laughter] [speaking spanish] [laughter] voice of translator thank you for giving us the opportunity to be here with you today. [speaking spanish] voice of translator good morning, supervisors. Thank you for having us here. [speaking spanish] voice of translator im a volunteer in faith in action. [speaking spanish] voice of translator [speaking spanish] voice of translator we want to keep fighting for our subsidy for the seniors, because they need it. [speaking spanish] voice of translator we were very happy with the success of the new location being built in shotwell. [speaking spanish] voice of translator but we are very disappointed, too, that with so many people that have applied for subsidied housing for so many years and still unable to get it. [speaking spanish] voice of translator some of the people that were fighting for this development project. [speaking spanish] voice of translator are living with our children. [speaking spanish] voice of translator so we want to have a call to action for these people that need us, before they end up living on the streets. [speaking spanish] voice of translator so were here fighting for the seniors and the subsidies, so they can have their house, because they work very hard to be where theyre at. [speaking spanish] voice of translator we know people who are 80 years old, who are still working, so that theyre able to pay for their represent. [speaking spanish] voice of translator because i cant afford their apartments, just on what the Social Security gives them, so every time we hear the words urgent we really want to put that meeting behind it. It is urgent. [speaking spanish] voice of translator we would like to thank supervisor ronen, because she has been, along with us, on the way. And she knows some of the issues, well, some of them we can actually let her know more what condition we find ourselves in. [speaking spanish] voice of translator we hope to communicate with you soon. Thank you and blessings. [speaking spanish] voice of translator good morning, supervisors. My name is maria. [speaking spanish] voice of translator so im here to emphasize and to make the point, to drive the point home that they give us [speaking spanish] voice of translator because i also suffer displacement when my husband passed away. They did throw us out. [speaking spanish] voice of translator so were here to ask you to subsidy, so that seniors only pay the 30 . 30 is what we can afford. A lot of seniors are suffering, trying to figure out how they can make ends meet. And they cant pay the rents. [speaking spanish] voice of translator so i have worked two shifts, sometimes sleeping only one hour in the morning and one hour at night. I think its time for now that we can also receive some help, so that we can remain in place in the apartments that we live in, because we cannot pay the rents if we dont receive these subsidies. [speaking spanish] voice of translator thank you. God bless you all. Thank you very much. My name is betty trainer. And today im wearing a slightly different hat. Im representing the Community Living campaign. Im coordinator, one of the networks of the Neighborhood Networks in my housing complex st. Francis square coop. The Community Living campaign, as many of us here behind me are urge you to support this program, the s. O. S. Senior Housing Affordability legislation, thats introduced by supervisor yee. We thank him so much for this. This would provide 5 million in projectbased rent subsidies for longterm housing now in the Senior Housing pipeline. And to be administered hopefully by the newly named doss. Its already been spoken by the speakers before me and by supervisor ronen also, the urgent need for this, when we know that so many of our seniors and our communities, our friends, our neighbors, your constituents are making such low incomes on s. S. I. , less than 1,000 a month. And how they come and i had one personal friends, who i have directed to the Mayors Office of office, Senior Housing and they come back and they say to me, i cant afford this. One of whom was worked for, retired now from working with inhome support. And now she has to live with her daughter in the east end. [bell ringing] and shes very unhappy. So we urge you to support this, of course. And it would just mean such a difference to those seniors that have done so much for our city. So thank you very much. Hello. [speaking alternate language] voice of translator hi, im the president of Community Tenants association. On june 13th, 2019, general application, Affordable Housing was released by the city. Its at 150 million will be allocated to develop Senior Housing. Yes, it will increase the number of Senior Housing units. [speaking cantonese] voice of translator please do not forget we have two demands. One, increase the number of Senior Housing. Two, the rent needs to be affordable. None of is dispensable in the housing crisis our second demand, which is affordable represent, needs s. O. S. Program to make it happen. If the s. O. S. Program can only house 30 senior household, it will not help by how much housing you invest in developing Senior Housing. It is also disrespectful to seniors, its not solving the Seniors Housing cries is. We need both quality and quantity. The money cannot be put on one project, but multiple projects to maximize solving the Seniors Housing crisis. [speaking cantonese] [bell ringing] voice of translator id like to ask do you still remember the Community Forum on may 8th, where there were over 100 seniors telling you that difficulties in the city. Kay hartley said they will bring this back to the mayor and the supervisors. [bell ringing] bell i must listen to y