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commitment to end homelessness among veterans. to illustrate the commitment, the department of veterans affairs is presenting the salvation army are perlite center with a check in the amount of $297,561 to support the expansion of their veteran dormitory. [applause] this money will help support the creation of 10 new beds, so the salvation army will now have 34 beds to serve homeless veterans and their families, and the residents should be open in 2011. i now invite the chairman of the heart perlite center advisory council to accept the check from dr. robert jesse. and did you bring ...

>> thank you. today has been a day about honoring our community partners and demonstrating our commitment to end homelessness among veterans. to illustrate the commitment, the department of veterans affairs is presenting the salvation army are perlite center with a check in the amount of $297,561 to support the expansion of their veteran dormitory. [applause] this money will help support the creation of 10 new beds, so the salvation army will now have 34 beds to serve homeless veterans and their families, and the residents should be open in 2011. i now invite the chairman of the hear...

it. i think there's much more important time spent to hear from your local leaders. but i do want to say that this is a multi-pronged approach. the va is supported and housing-first approach. understanding getting people into a stable housing is an important first step. as i mentioned, we are equally committed to providing the health care, mental health, education, jobs, training, all the things required to end the vicious cycle of homelessness. we have nearly 25,000 veterans in permanent housing. when secretary shinseki came on board, the best estimate was about 130,000 homeless vet...

that we are going to get this done. and i have -- a little love from the california state senate. yes, we're busted, but we put this together to be able to bring you this recognition today and in thanking the san francisco's veteran administration medical center, and of course our great friends of the salvation army here at the harbor light centered for joining forces, for the check presentation, which will be made in a moment, in support of this expansion. of course, this does not solve the problem. as we say in jewish tradition, we're taught that ours is not to complete the task. n...

supervisor avalos: good morning. welcome to the city operations and never had services committee. my name is supervisor john avalos, the chair the committee. joined by supervisor eric mar. the other member of the committee will be absent today, supervisor sean elsbernd. can we get a motion to excuse his absence? so done, without objection. we're also joined right now by supervisor david campos. the clerk of the committee is ms. gail johnson. can you share announcements? >> all persons are requested to off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to submit speaker cards, please put the...