know this number doesn't reflect the number of homeless families including the children like 3 thousand homeless which were in california back in the day the shelter waiting list was very long at compass we use means to structure our services try to meet the need but not enough we understand the town hall of homelessness on families particular on children homelessness is trauma it is like war or violence and the longer families are homeless it is greater the toll it takes on the family and more likely that family is going to not recover from homelessness and the thinking stability will be generational there's more money than ever in san francisco right now - >> thank you, ma'am. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i coordinate the tenants rights for the justice cause we see over one thousand cases every year we're part of the how's pious we're facing an unprecedented crisis no housing and in our office alone i can't tell how many unjust cases thirteen 14 to many of the scheduled appointment their awe testing to the need every week folks threatened with displacement ar

individuals in coming out to a job they're looking to get promoted and i'm training individual that formally homelessness it is hard decision for them to make whether to leave disabled getting subsidized into the working light so they can afford to live here in san francisco it is you know i'm just speaking in support of the cola every bit helps individuals that i'm representing at the conner house and training thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm elizabeth alexander an nonprofit working and here with the local 10 to one as nonprofit workers we what i was seeing in the presentation i couldn't help thinking why are not not talking about the workers delivering those services they fit into the low wage workers if your making 13 or 1250 an hour is not a different experience in an a nonprofit or anything else in the economy it is difficult to get but we have to make that commitment you could take 10 thousand people from the lowest rages and move them into the middle just by property line funding a cola people will have those increases year by year and so the most of my coworkers earner between telephone 25 and $

to prioritize our homeless population. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> >> hi supervisors i'm renee hawkins the secretary of the citizens advisory committee tiled take note that san francisco is a supportive city to the homeless population but can't help but notice the homeless youth population has not received the same amount of support in our country 3 thousand plus youth for the homeless on any given day in the united states and only 4 hundred youth shelter board of directors beds are available across the city homeless youth with the most vulnerable to the not the future i guess the question our concern today i'd like to share some specification will the homeless youth one in 34th of july youth with recruited by a that i am win the first 48 hours on the street according to the intuitively count survey 21 powers of holes youth traded sex or drugs for a place to sleep in the homeless youth population struggle as 47 say their - 23 percent report substance abuse as the prim cause of homeless today, we can decrease the number of you

the recent census will reveal we have even more homeless vets. we know the cost of living is more challenging particularly for the poor and working poor and we have to do more. that is why i'm looking forward to a renewed collaboration with the va to see how we can better break down the silocal, share information to insure services are match would the veterans for mental helt, for alcohol and substance abuse, all the many needs as we try to get more of our vets off the streets and out of the creaks and under a roof. and for us in san jose we recognize the critical need of innovation. it is the largest city in the region and silicon valley we work with non profit like down [inaudible] engage homeless individuals and cleaning the streets and creaks they lived in in exchange for affordable housing and jobs and job training and we are able to house over 84 # chronicly homeless individuals [inaudible] with the city and county of santa clara and non profit agencies. we have lot of work to do and look forward to working with all the county. dave [inaudi

mothers that have a place to call stability raced in our hands more jobs offered to homeless people and instead of being ridiculed we come in all shapes it takes thirty days to become homeless my education i've taken with me hopefully in the next thirty days i'll find a place in san francisco or california besides a homeless shelters i've had my civil right violated and amendments because of the title of being homeless most people think i'mhomeless but - and. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i wanted to come and speak on behalf of single women armenian who suffer from mentioned i have maintained sobriety and full-time job and at risk of being homeless there's no resources for single people or women or men who i mean, i have a full-time job and i still don't have any kind of recurs resources and at risk for being homeless i wanted to come and speak on behalf of the single people that are with no kids at risk of being homeless thank you, thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> excuse me. >> hello, i'm myron i'm also currently homeless i've been in a respite from the re

. >> i'm stephanie a shop speed up and work wore conner house incorporated they serve formally homeless and disabled population i myself anal a recipient of the safety net and tremendously grateful to the sfifblg i presently reside in a hotel and work in a support services hotel i'm here speaking no support of the automatic cola increase and as employer employee one of the nonprofits the income is very tight and i also train individuals in coming out to a job they're looking to get promoted and i'm training individual that formally homelessness it is hard decision for them to make whether to leave disabled getting subsidized into the working light so they can afford to live here in san francisco it is you know i'm just speaking in support of the cola every bit helps individuals that i'm representing at the conner house and training thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm elizabeth alexander an nonprofit working and here with the local 10 to one as nonprofit workers we what i was seeing in the presentation i couldn't help thinking why are not not talking about the workers delivering those serv

i think the new homeless versus the chronic homelessness do we have numbers open the homeless people requesting shelters or various services. >> not sure we have this data specifically but what we have is the report open the homeless count we start in january of 2015 that not only has a e nutrition of folks that asked those questions how long were you homeless homeless in san francisco are you a veteran all that rich demographic information we need, however, that we need in order to taylor the internals but as you said what is the daytime and the eviction and the high rental costs that result of that and this bye product of that we don't know with that but in a few months. >> it only tracks within the boundaries of san francisco but my guess the families that some have been living in in their cars or bigger vehicles at time and if they can't stay in the city pushed to other surrounding areas all the way to ann intoxicate where is that information the impacts and the push back to further areas of the bay area. >> that's aloof data i don't know if we can practicing track if folks are n

i was going humanity the people you don't knows i have a friend of homeless people they have touch stories and going back something you stated about the number of people that returned to families friends and loved ones we often hear complaint oh nothing is done all it the same but the reality is the numbers would be rising if we didn't do something i'm sure you have a better way of articulating percentage given the fact so much is given or being done especially with the howard's costs being going up people that found shelters and living together and it is bears repeating those numbers, in fact the fact they're staying stagnate is quite an accomplishment it means other people are being moved out it is not a stagnate system thank you for all of that. >> commissioner. >> beven and team so much for the wonderful presentation i want to congratulate you on the navigation center when i read about it was absolutely wonderful so congratulations can you tell him what's the difference between a specialist one 2. >> the specialist one is more of a - and they have a year of homeless experience or work

with a brain tumor and being a mother go staying in a homeless shelter is difficult to con cower the obstacles i look forward to hoping there will be homeless emergency services to provide for the association we need this for the homelessness and shapes and color sizes and tax braektsd it effects everybody our children if we get more emergency services there be will a lot of 12k5i7b8d people to have housing and a lot of homeless mothers that have a place to call stability raced in our hands more jobs offered to homeless people and instead of being ridiculed we come in all shapes it takes thirty days to become homeless my education i've taken with me hopefully in the next thirty days i'll find a place in san francisco or california besides a homeless shelters i've had my civil right violated and amendments because of the title of being homeless most people think

i think the new homeless versus the chronic homelessness do we have numbers open the homeless people requesting shelters or various services. >> not sure we have this data specifically but what we have is the report open the homeless count we start in january of 2015 that not only has a e nutrition of folks that asked those questions how long were you homeless homeless in san francisco are you a veteran all that rich demographic information we need, however, that we need in order to taylor the internals but

and end homeless i volunteered at e california community services on the coalition for homeless when i volunteered i offered the same energy into the lives they serve preservation i'm a employer doing something that i love serving the homeless (clapping) in addition to gainfully employment i am preparing for the startup for a or garlic system to help the low income families to help their awareness the sfoifkts hass and mercy housing partnered with the many teams who support and advocate for san francisco homeless population this dream team came to the rescue and families waiting for permanent housing for years held keys to permeate they call home this is the first time they've had a second chance a new lease on life that includes me in the san francisco ethics commission the homeless population are a priority mercedes management and the supportive services worked tireless to keep the ground up to par and insure our families needs are being met i give thanks to mercedes and the city of san francisco for helping me to realize the dream i, be the mother i wanted to 82 be thank you for h

many to the hampton city's to our public schools that are homeless or marginally housed and 500000 to larkin street at one hundred 34 golden state r golden gate so we've seen twitter in july will be opening up something across 2, 3, 4 the twitter office to go and get support and do after school work i hope we felt the economy changing in san francisco and technology being the driving force in san francisco and being identifying the prepares in san francisco and seeing how this is so expensive and things are changing and people at the end of the bottom of the rung are effected i say something as a person of jewish i thought i'd not be admirable of utah they build two thousand unit of housing no waiting list and people not qualifying for the program homeless people have been failed by systems maybe the family did didn't work or school in workout the way or the community they might be lgbt and not welcome in their homes or community people have failed you don't want to get people homeless another opportunity to e fail but in utah their land situation is a lot different. >> they connect p

families struggling to survive and those at risk of becoming homeless. since mothers day we had 313 calling for full implementation to end homelessness. the plan calls for the city to set aside 17 sish units, increase fundsing for eviction and target support for housing stabilization. the plan which will cost 11 million over 5 years a 1.5 percent of the annual budge sat small price to end homelessness. we know with the private donation from google made to hamilton center and [inaudible] we can make a impact on the small investment. we would like to city to continue this investment and continue our work to end this type of homelessness thmpt rest i submit >> to the remaining members we are interorupting new business to a rern of unfinished business >> madam clerk can you call item number 3 jrfxz iletm 3 is a ordinance to desing jait the rl goldburg building as a land mark under article 10 >> colleagues today i'm honor today sponsor the lang marking of the rube goldburke building at 182-198 goth street in district 5. beverly [inaudible] is a in the audienc

lee to come back given the housing portfolio deals with homeless certainly not only exist but in the pipeline i want to include that as part of the conversation. >> good afternoon olsen lee director of the mayor's office of housing in terms of the most cd mission wanted to clarify how our mission fits within the subject matter of that particular hearing in terms of the the providing the financing and facility the purpose of affordable homes in san francisco one of the decision this were made n many years ago the decision to create permanently supportive housing rather than lease hotels or other housing and this is define in part by creating permanently affordable housing we could leverage or leverage outside resources to pay for the cost confident housing in some cases the operating costs of housing is lower than the lease housing and ♪ cases the hours is built to current standards in terms of of accessibility and other important issues of people with disabilities the people has a dual track in providing the housing for the disabled and seniors and others in terms of 0 both the mas

from our apartment in 201235 percent of homeless people said they were evicted right before bottom of the hill homeless we need to make sure our families can for the record to pay rent in san francisco and the children are safe and supported this resolution focuses on the support of focus and education and job placement we can ask annunciation that you support the homeless emergency services provider association request for $6.5 million and funding provided for housing subsidies to youth and others population as well as the halt evictions by fund 5 hundred families something that my family would have bend from any want to thank you and everyone tshths and speaking for myself and other youth that are effected by this appreciate it. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm here to be a voice for all youth saying there's no other way to live but in the streets i'm here to be the voice for all the youth that think they have no choice when i was homeless he went through trauma and loss of families and friends and i battled through depression i'm here to ask the su

there is not a part for homelessness as described. there is a department for disabilities and new york has one. that might be better for people who are disabled or even become disabled for those that are delayed and kept on the street. i think that's important. >> thank you for your response and for being here today. we are going to move on to ceremonial item no. 6. in honor of former mayor's disability council cochair mdc derek zarda, we have kathy zarda, derek's mother will provide information on the memorial for saturday april 18, 2015 at the, at the independent living resource center. thank you ms. zarda for being here today in addressing the council and the public. thank you. first i would like to say good afternoon to members of the council. let's see if that works. i don't usually talk loud. so we'll see. anyway, good afternoon, and it feels that i know you all. i have heard so much about all of you. it's nice to see faces with the people that he's known and cared for for such a period of time. i know that when he made the deci

a fancy word for diarrhea among the homeless population here. this story scared me because the homeless people do not have places to pee and poop and they do it on the street and they have no place to wash up. so they have done their business, their hands are dirty, probably infected and that's how they passed it among themselves and when they touch a railing on muni or other public space, they are putting others at risk, too 3 months ago today i received an e-mail from duffy asking about opening the toilets and fire houses so more homeless people and the public could have public places to pee and poop without creating a horrible insanitiary condition and she told me she would get back to me and it's been 3 months later and i have still nod -- not heard. this is not okay. we need you to address not only the lack of public bathrooms but places to shower. i don't want you to change what's going on right now but on the first floor, there is a homeless guy using that bathroom on the first floor here to wash up. the lack of public facilities for home

. >> i'm jessica with the coalition of homelessness this is my second day i was baffled by the things i sue we took some statements i'm a mother and one woman told me she was denied the right size for shoes for her son that can crush a person i took statements from others people they contacted skabz from a bed and have thirty minutes to wash kids for 4 kids and that is not enough time having to get 5 kids rode the fund i don't know where it is coming from any mothers they need help thank you. >> i thank you terror times i promise to be brief san francisco is facing an unprecedented housing crisis we estimate 2 thousand and 3 thousand kids homeless in the district the numbers are probably twice as much but obviously we talking about an affordability crisis when the minimum wage average is 15 hundred a month and the average rent is 3 thousand to supervisor mar you have the confidence to do the shelter you stretch both our arms and people like live families of three or four with cockroaches and paying over 12 hundreds to i'm here to advocate for the proposal as well as the 5 year road ma

youth again as mentioned there is 3 hundred and 50 beds available for homeless youth and roughly 19 hundred to 35 hundred homeless youth it didn't add up so if we analyzed the true mean of those numbers there's actually one in 3 one out of 3 homeless youth in our city or in our nation are approached or recruited by a that i am of 48 hours of being on the street and many are part of the lgbt community and are substantial to harassment and incarceration those numbers made me analysis how i take things for granted i came to the conclusion that those homeless youth are a victim of their society they only want to get back on their feet there's not enough available resources available to them this is why we have our recommendations not only do we want to urge you all a declaratory 2015 used the year of recognizing homeless youth with you set aside funding from the 2015-2016 budget to support the oversight kourl services and intensive case managed and outpatient medical services and education programs and job placement programs for the housed youth honestly if you want to build a better ei

in 2005 utah had nearly 2,000 chronically homeless persons. a study released this week says there are now only 178 an unprecedented 91% drop statewide. >> it's a very simple solution to a very complex issue. you put them in housing first then have them begin to deal with the issues that caused them to become homeless. >> reporter: u.s. army veteran don williams lived in a bush for nearly ten years. when they told you that they were going to give you a home what did you do? >> jumped for joy. >> reporter: but they say you'll incentivize laziness. >> they need to pay rent, 30% of their income or $50, whichever is greater. >> reporter: it saves money in the long run and costs $20,000 to take care of a chronically homeless person living on the streets but only about $8,000 a year to house and provide a caseworker for that same person. >> i call them homeless citizens. >> reporter: it's an approach that susie says has changed her life. she now works at a cleaning supervisor in her apartment complex. homelessness hasn't disappeared in the beehive st

homeless advocates here are encouraged by some positive news in regard to the homeless situation here in the district of columbia. d.c. homelessness has dropped about 2.5%, still a pretty significant number, though. more than 11,000 people are living on the street and without shelter. so there's still a lot of work to do. the mayor wants to end chronic homelessness in five years. she has a plan to do so by getting landlords on board and she also wants to increase the sales tax by a quarter percent. back to you in the studio. >>> the search continues for a u.s. military helicopter missing in nepal. the aircraft similar to this one you see on your screen was carrying six marines and two nepalese soldiers when it disappeared tuesday while delivering aid to earthquake victims there. the development came on the same day nepal suffered its second major earthquake in less than three weeks. thousands of people in the country are demanding relief from their government. >>> new england patriots quarterback tom brady has till this afternoon to appeal his four-game suspension. the n.f.l. penalize

the same offer being given to every chronically homeless person in the state. a home. >> we call it a housing first and employment second. >> reporter: even the state's homeless task force director lloyd pendleton was skeptical at first. >> i said you guys must be smoking something. this is totally un unrealistic. >> reporter: but the results are difficult to dispute. in 2005 utah had nearly 2,000 chronically homeless perpendiculars a study released this week says there are now only 178 an unprecedented 91% drop statewide. >> it's a very simple solution to a very complex issue. you put them in housing first then have them begin to deal with the issues that caused them to become homeless. >> reporter: u.s. army veteran don williams lived in a bush for nearly ten years. when they told you that they were going to give you a home what did you do? >> jumped for joy. >> reporter: but they say you'll incentivizze laziness. >> they need to pay rent 30% of their income tore $50, whichever is greater. >> reporter: it saves money in the long run and costs $20,000 to take

the city is spending $452,000 a day on homelessness. $167million a year price tag for homelessness, $4 million more than the recreation and park budget. we asked mayor ed lee why it cost so much for a problem that never improves. >> when people say we see less homeless on the streets, it is not easy. we have to present all the issues and offer up great solutions. >> he is optimistic there will be solutions. he is prosing spending -- proposing spending $30 million to provide 500 hotel rooms with support systems and that should make a dent in some areas. >> we get to the differences that union square or downtown, we will because now we have a model that the homeless individuals believe in. >> for the first time he is proposing a 30 bed medical clinic for homeless people that should cut down on emergency services. advocates applaud the move. >> we have so many folks with medical conditions that the shelters aren't equipped and who are dying on the streets. >> reporter: now, mayor ed lee says without the money the city spends on homelessness we would see the number of homeless people on th

r., jail and mental healthcare for the homeless. on average, that is more than half a billion dollars per year. santa clara county got the numbers by mining the data of 1,504,000 homeless between the years of 2007 through 2012. they looked at hospital, jail and counseling records. so here's the breakdown of that half billion dollar a year price tag. more than half goes to healthcare. a third goes to the justice system. and a chunk 13% goes to social services. so this morning, the findings will be presented later to a community leader forum. one of the topics they'll be talking about is maybe it will be better public policy, maybe that money will be better spent on finding housing for the homeless. we're live in san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> it is impossible for someone earning minimum wage to afford a one bedroom in marin county. that's according to the national low income housing coalition. their new report says someone earning the state minimum of $9 an hour would have to work 140 hours per week to afford a one bedroom unit in th

in 2005 utah had nearly 2,000 chronically homeless persons. a study released this week says there are now only 178, an unprecedented 91% drop statewide. >> very simple solution to a very complex issue. put them in housing first and then helped begin to deal with the issues that caused them to become homeless. >> reporter: u.s. army veteran don williams lived in a bush for nearly ten years. when they told you that they were going give you a home, what did you do? >> jumped for joy. >> reporter: but they say you'll incentivize laziness. >> yes -- they also need to pay rent. 30% of their income or $50, whichever is greater. >> reporter: pendleton says the program saves money in the long run. it cost an average of $20,000 to take care of a chronically homeless person living on the streets, but only $8,000 a year to house and provide a case worker for that same person. >> i call them homeless citizens. they're part of our citizens. they're not them and us, it's we. >> reporter: an approach susie says has changed her life. she now works as a cleanin

. >> debris from a homeless encampment fueled a fire near the mobile home park in pittsburgh and the abc 7 news 360 camera shows you the fire engines on the scene. investigators say the fires swept through underbrush and before firefighters were able to stop it within feet of mobile home, but they finally got it put out. >>> a new report breaks out a big spending problem. $520 million is spent every year on trying to help people living on the skreet. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen is live in san jose with the results of the report and what community leaders hope to do about it. >> one doesn't have to look for to know that homelessness isn't an issue in the community. >> we're live along the guadalupe river where a number of residents have chosen to live here. and they're more than 100,000 residents that have experienced some sort of homelessness since 2007. >> beneath the 280-87 interchange in san jose, cleanup is under way just steps from where some of the homeless camp out. yet a few miles away downtown community leaders gather to discuss some staggering results. >> it is not jus

families hundred and 60 children for the children formally homeless families that promise is a greatest they're going to grow up and groaning e growing up in a stability of a home we all have a right to so many does have an opportunity your kids and my kids have taken for granted it is phenomenal they'll grew up in a time their tackle for granted a right we all have to live in a he decent place that's affirming to everyone have access to the promise for the children homelessness will be a part of their past episcopal is a service provider at this facilitate we offer case management and hope people to stabilize and provided assess and connection to health services needed i see our colleagues from the merit college of nursing and i's heart and her colleague that's an important part of the work as well we provide access to education to vocational services and help people be stabilize their income one of the important things we work to insure this is not an address but a community a place where people belong and people contribute a place where the must be of the community and the broader co

in 2005 utah had nearly 2,000 kron chronically homeless persons. now there are 178. unprecedented 91% drop statewide. >> very simple solution to a complex, u. put them in housing first then deal with the issues that cause them to be homeless. >> u.s. veteran don williams lived in a bush for nearly ten years. >> when they told you they were going to give you a home what did you do? >> jump for joy. but they say, you incentivize laziness. >> they also need to pay rent. 30% of their income or $50 whichever is greater. >> pendleton says it saves money in the long run. costing average of $20,000 to to take care of a chronically homeless person on the streets. but $8,000 to house and give a case worker to them. >> it is an approach suzie says changed her life. show is now a cleaning supervisor at her cleaning complex. homelessness hasn't disappeared in the behive state but may be on its way. >> that's what a home means, a place to put your son's drawings. >> one home, one family, at a time. >> jacob rascon nbc news salt lake city, utah. >> very impressive. >> you wonder if