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Department heads that have joined me, in addition to fire chief janine nicholson. Linda, department of department apartment of technology, we could not have done the app without her and her staff. Please recognize linda. Also, walking torres has joined us, director of the office of economic and workforce development. Our next speaker is kathy black, executive director of the [speaking spanish] the first domestic shelter in california. Please give her a warm welcome. Thank you. Orchid, you are awesome. I just want to say that. In keeping with todays theme, building pathways to safety, i want yo...

In 2017, our partners filled in 25,000 service calls, provided 25,000 hours of counseling and reach 12,000 individuals in violence education and prevention programs. Our Strong Network of partners and Provider Services and dozens in dozens of languages works to ensure that their work with the survivors is done in a culturally competent and sensitive way. Again, we always look past the numbers and the humanity. The people that faces every day to make sure that we are providing the needs of this community. So make some noise again for our Partner Agencies who are doing this work every day. We ar...

This work every day. We are so proud of you. [applause] even with all of that, the demand is greater than the supply. For every one person served in our Emergency Shelters, we are about four people who are turned away every day and placed outside of San Francisco. We have to do better. There is more work to be done to ensure that survivors and their families are on a path toward safety. Every day, survivors are faced with the impossible choice between remaining in an abusive environment that are potentially lifethreatening, relieving and becoming homeless. Or leaving and becoming homeless. We ...

Agencies here in San Francisco. As a safety, we have worked very hard to develop strong partnerships. I want to welcome supervisor Catherine Stefani. [cheers and applause] supervisor safai, City College Trustee i. V. Lee, fire chief janine nicholson, we welcome her david lazar. Representing San Francisco airports, front seth francesca garcia, and on her way is the sharp director Kelly Densmore who is the new director of the office of Sexual Harassment and assault response and prevention. So tonights theme is building pathways to safety. We recognize that Domestic Violence is an issue that impa...

Welcoming our president , the commission on the status of women, the strongest Womens Commission in the country. Lets give that a cheer. [cheering] the president the lifelong advocate for women and girls and has acted as a champion for policy change in education and community and economic development. She just stepped off a plane from india, so please help me welcome president rhianna zawart hi, everyone. I am very honored be here and to represent the strongest commission in the country. Im joined tonight by our Vice President , commissioners. Can we give it up for our commissioners . [applaus...