Or even im still here. I hope more police and more safety, you know, in our community, all the community, we appreciate it. President hirsch thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi. My name is paula williams, and im homeless in San Francisco right now. Ive been homeless since december of 2018. Ive made Numerous Police reports. Ive been harmed numerous of times by staff in the shelters. The police have did me no justice. Ive went to the city attorney, ive went to the d. P. A. Its just plain corruption. Its five Police Officers that dont want to take a Police Report, made false statements in my Police Report. Didnt want me to file a Police Report and just was lying. I liked when miss taylor said they wanted to take a look at the shelters. Every morning, i walkthrough t. L. And encourage them, tell them to get up, all to its numerous of stuff that whatever hsoc and all of them is talking about, i just called the Police Yesterday in front of walgreens and had the police come up and pick a lady that was laying on the ground. Sometimes i just do field work all day and call 911, can you please get this person up, can you please so i dont know what they talking about. Every day, im in the tenderloin. Whatever salary they getting, they know me down there. They know me really well. So i think you guys should look up all my Police Reports, go to d. P. A. , and ask someone thats working in the shelters thats harming, it was a 26yearold girl that sprayed chemicals in a 66yearolds face this morning. President hirsch thank you. Any other Public Comment general Public Comment . My name is john jones. May my remarks please the commission. About two years ago, i was getting on a 14 mission bus at the corner of geneva and mission, and all of a sudden, i heard this scream, a woman scream. And i looked around, and there was a chinese woman in the back holding a very well cared for child, and three black teenagers were running off the bus. I came facetoface with one of the teenagers, and he was smiling. Apparentl apparently, one of them had just ripped a cell phone out of the womans hand. Now, the witness to that was five chinese men sitting in the back of the bus. My impression was that chai necessary have very tight families. I could run through the numbers, but my estimate is that 3,000 separate individuals heard a full recounting of that crime and the effect upon that woman. You cannot buy that kind of bad publicity. Its stupid. For a 25 cell phone, you alienate all those people . Thats one fact in all this crime that we talk about that doesnt get emphasized, the effect it has on others, particularly others of different races. Thank you. President hirsch thank you. Any other Public Comment . Id like to use the overhead again. Im trying to start it. Wait a minute. President hirsch we need you to talk into the mic, though. Im trying to start my video, so could you so wait a minute. Sorry. Just a second. I think its ready now. So oh, here we go. 12 years after his son was her son was shot and killed in San Francisco, tonight, shes still pleading for answers and hoping a huge reward will lead to an arrest. Our Crime Reporter has the story. Im here. This is the 12 year. Im back again. Its a sad summer ritual, paulette brown, pleading with San Francisco police after her only son was shot and killed back in 2006. I was told back when it happened, its going to get easier, but it doesnt. I can deal with it. Im functioning. I work i do everything that i need to do, but this pain never, never ends. On august 14, 2006, 17yearold aubrey aberkacen approached several gang members. Police say aubrey wasnt a gang member, but he yelled at his friends to run, and they shot him in the back for this. Like she does each year, she passes out fliers, hoping someone will be brave enough to come forward. San Francisco Police say a 250,000 reward remains in effect. I know its been 12 years, i know its been a long time, but if we can solve a case from the Golden State Killer that goes back for decades, we can solve one thats 12 years old. I cant believe hes been gone 12 years and nothings happened. Aubreys mother and the police say if you have any information, call police. So im saying august 14 of this month will be his anniversary, and im looking for you guys to come im having Media Coverage on grove and baker. Steve David Stevenson has already given me the flier to pass out to faithbased people. Im hoping that coming here for all these years that you guys would accompany me and stand with us concerning unsolved homicides and mothers and fathers who lost their children to homicide so maybe some way we can heal. President hirsch thank you. I would like to see you there. President hirsch the tip line is 4154755555. Any other Public Comment . Next item . [agenda item read]. President hirsch is there any Public Comment on us going into closed session . All right. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Next item. Clerk line item nine, vote on whether to hold item ten in closed session, including vote on whether to assert the attorneyclient privilege with regard to item 10a, San Francisco administrative code section 67. 10, action. President hirsch is there a motion . So moved. Second. President hirsch all in clerk commissioner hirsch, we are back on record in open session. You still have a quorum. Line item 11, vote to discuss any or all items held in closed session pursuant to section 57. 12 a. Move not to disclose. Second. All in favor . Clerk item 12, adjournm t adjournment. President hirsch is there a motion . Move to adjourn. Second. President hirsch all in favor . [gavel] it is nice we can do this outside. It is so nice out. It is 110 degrees in sacramento. We have this weather ten days a year, maybe, but now with global warming, it is 30 days. We are here to talk about affordability. It has got to be one of the number one issues for you. Housing, homelessness, cost of living, it certainly is for the state of california. Thank you for hosting us, thank you for allowing us this opportunity to dialogue with some people who have beneficiaries of your leadership and the work that has been done at the local level to address the issue of affordability. Not just as it relates to the issues of rent, but also for homeowners, which all of us aspire to be. I am still aspiring. [laughter] can you take advantage of your own Home Loan Program . I wish. [laughter]. By the way, you do. And then after taxes, its like, student loans, rent, and this is crazy. So lets talk about that. You guys feel the same way, i imagine. You are a firefighter, you just came here for a very short period of time, eight years later, youre still here from illinois and chicago. Still here. And you spent 22 years as a Deputy Sheriff,. I cant believe you retired. Early. [laughter] and you have nothing in common on this topic with them, but you want to have something in common, and you want to be a beneficiary of the program you have all been able to take advantage of. Why dont we talk about that program and mayor, maybe you can set the table on what that loan program is all about. What is so great about the programs that we have in San Francisco is it is not only the first time down payment assistant program, which we know can help people to get a significant amount of money to put as a down payment on a home, and not necessarily have to pay that loan back right away. Theres also the teacher nextdoor program. Sometimes there is just an additional amount of money that you need to put you over the hump because the cost of living here and the cost of purchasing a home is really challenging for so many families, and i know that, you know, when you say, you know, you have a family of four making 200,000 a year, people think, oh, my god, 200,000 a year is a lot, but just think about it. With kids, with the expense of living in the city, it is even hard to save money to put a down payment on a home in the first place. So having an option like this can be absolutely incredible. So we in San Francisco have made a lot of changes. We have put 600 dollar 40 will housing bond, the largest Affordable Housing bond without raising property taxes, that will provide Additional Support for programs like this so that we can really get to a lot of our middle income residents and get to our educators and or Public Safety officials, and the people that are really struggling to afford to live here to making sure they there are easy ways to get access to resources. It is critical to making sure our city remains diverse. It is important. Lets talk a little bit about , and the Practical Application of what the mayor set out. You have been a firefighter in San Francisco for three years. Four new four years. And you were able to navigate this lottery process. Tell us more about that and what ultimately transpired and why you are sitting with us and why you think it is so damn important. Im happy to be sitting here on the other end of this program i am a firefighter of San Francisco. I had friends who came who went to the program and i know that that would be my only way to stay in the city. My mom and dad live here and i grew up here, i was born and raised, i have had so many friends and coworkers leave San Francisco to as far as idaho to find Affordable Housing. And my own fire academy, i would say about half wherefrom here and a quarter are still with here. It is still unfortunate that folks who want to stay cant, but i lucked out, and some of my classmates lucked out where we got this program through the city. I havent even got a chance to personally thank you so thank you. I have a wonderful home in silver terrace, i love it. I love it to death. A great view, it is my dream home. I cant wait to go home every night every morning after work. This program is a help for a down payment and there is no way i would have been able to pay them for the down payment. The amount that you need to compete in this market is astronomical and even with the program, as im sure other people no, the only thing that really helped me was my program. If i didnt have the money from the city, i have been eyeing it for years. It is at it it is competitive. It is competitive. We put additional money in a couple of years back for First Responders, you know, basically trying to get more First Responders to live in the city and theres additional money for that and so the money goes fast. Yeah,. Even with that, use it still has to be a lottery because theres not enough money to go around. Mine wasnt as large as some of the other lotteries that i saw on their, and some of you guys the odds were a little stacked against you guys a little more than i was, but still, it was still really tough i was doing it i knew about this program for a while and i think i had about three years trying to go for it and do it. Even with this program, you still need enough down payment on your own and help from all corners of your own community. I scrounged and i saved. A lot of trips i didnt go on, a lot of nights out i didnt go on , and i lucked out. There is not no other way about it. You lucked out for whatever reason and you decided that you had had enough of the winters in chicago and you came out west. I did. But you didnt expect to be out here this many years. No. I moved from six from chicago about five years ago and i thought, it will totally be a temporary thing, so did my family, and eight years later, im still here in San Francisco as a teacher. I am teaching second grade. My name is cheryl and i closed on a condo in Outer Mission around the 4th of july weekend just recently. It is very close to your school. It is very close to the school and the children that i serve. It is a 16 minute drive every morning in rush hour traffic. It is amazing. Thank you to the Mayors Office of housing. It has been an amazing learning experience similar it is a Lottery Program and it was a good three years that i was trying, but you just keep pushing forward and you keep trying and one day you get lucky and i did. After that, it was a whirlwind process with the down Payment Assistance Loan Program, and also i was a beneficiary of the Teacher Next Door Program so that was another good lumpsum. Both programs you were able to connect with. Yeah,. And then with a down payment of my own, as well, i was able to get my home, and a home that i live in, that i can go home to every night, and not have to worry about paying rent or be pushed out of the city to go move into moved to the suburbs or something more affordable. I just read an article two days ago saying that your income needs to be about three and 43,000 343,000. [laughter] yeah, and i was thinking, that is not me, but because of the Mayors Office of housing in the down Payment Assistance Loan Program and the teacher nextdoor program, all of these resources, i was able to get a home and have me stay in the city and serve in the community that i have worked in and lived in and breathed in for the past eight years. So you want to be sitting in her seat. I have a lot of questions for her. [laughter]. Tell us about your background , what are your aspirations to stay in the city and struggles with rent and housing . My name is yolanda, i teach second grade at San Francisco elementary. I was born and raised in the city and went through the Public School system. You know, this is home. A lot of people i know have moved out of the city because they cant afford to live here. I know some friends and colleagues of mine that have moved out to the pacific northwest, nevada, other places where it is more affordable, and theyre constantly telling me that i need to get out there because it is a lot cheaper, costofliving, houses, it is easier out there to own a home and, you know, every time i am checking listings out here and i see my salary, im just thinking , oh, my goodness, maybe i do need to research this a little bit more because it gets harder and harder each time. But i love where i work, i love San Francisco, so right now it is a struggle for me to own a home, but im constantly trying to save money, you know, and hope that one day that will happen. Without getting too personal, what percentage of your income do you spend on housing . Right now im living at home because im trying to save. You are still with mom and dad . Ive tried to save them money for a house in the bay area. I have realized that i might not live in San Francisco, but hoping i can stay in the bay area because i still want to work where i work. What do your parents say . They talk about do they talk about the good old days when they could afford to raise a family, and now here you are, you cant even afford the home you grew up in . Even my mom, she sees how hard it is for me to eventually own my own home. When she and my dad moved here 30 plus years ago, it was hard for them, they were still able to manage to buy a home, and pay mortgage. They worked at hotels and sales. I am a teacher, i cant i dont even know if i can afford to live here. Right. My mom wants me to save money and hopefully one day by something in the area, but realistically, i dont know if i can anymore. We have relatives up in washington who constantly tell us to go up there. It is very cold in the winter i know. It is terrible. The other thing is, this is also why, in addition to programs like this, we need to deal with the process. For example, the old campus, where it is slated to be 100 educator housing, the additional two year delay through the process and rezoning of the property is just ridiculous. And thats really presenting an opportunity to make sure that we are building more educator housing, and we need to address bureaucracy. You dealt with that when you were mayor here. You want a project done, then it takes up to seven years before you can even get a 100 Affordable Housing project done. It is ridiculous. I wanted to talk about that a little bit more. But first, you spent 22 years, Deputy Sheriff, he retired and you are working. Did you grow up in the city . Yes, in the city. And struggled with housing despite a pretty decent salary. We negotiated a couple of those contracts, but not good enough. Tell us a little bit about where you have been bouncing around, and your family background. Okay. My name is elaine and i am a native san franciscan. I went to elementary through high school here, and i just retired as a Deputy Sheriff up sheriff about three years ago im still working. As far as housing, i was a homeowner, but i got into an upside down loan and lost it. Im sorry. God bless. It has been hard for me to get home, and probably about four years ago, i lost my home. I had a short sale, i had been looking at this program for a long time, and i was able to put my application in, they picked my name, and i call it a blessing. Im sorry, i dont want to be in here crying. [laughter] anyway, so my family grew up here and all of my family members moved out. They are in other cities, and my grandmother to this school. Thats great.