Dear Neighbors and Community, 

Happy Juneteenth and Happy Pride Month!
Congratulations to all the graduates with the Class of 2023! 

On May 31, Mayor Breed announced her Budget for Fiscal Years (FY) 2023-2025. The shortfall for the coming fiscal year (FY 2023-24) is $290.9 million and for the upcoming two fiscal years, the total deficit is $779.8 million. 

Given this circumstance, my team and I are working hard to meet everyone's needs during this budget season and continuing to fight to preserve existing services and resources in District 10, including: 

• no cuts to existing programs
• implementation of the District 10 Public Safety Plan and violence prevention measures
• prioritizing programming serving our most vulnerable populations
• supporting education, equity, skills training, career pathways, and small businesses for underrepresented communities
• investing in resources to reverse the impacts of structural and systemic racism 
• housing stabilization, including public housing
• COVID-19 recovery and economic stabilization 

You may email public comment regarding the budget to board.of.supervisors@sfgov.org and you will have the opportunity to comment on the budget on Monday, June 26 at 10am until the last comment in person at City Hall or by phone. 

For more information about the schedule of budget hearings for various departments, please visit here.

While we work hard to balance the budget and protect our most vital services. I do want to invite you to join me in the following celebratory events: 

• Sat, June 10, 11am to 1pm: Juneteenth Parade along Market Street beginning at Spear Street.
• Sat, June 10, all day: Juneteenth Unity Games Against Gun Violence Tournament at 903 Gilman Ave
• Sun, June 11, 10am to 6pm: 25th Anniversary Family Day in memory of Dr. Ruth Jackson at Herz Playground in Sunnydale
• Sun, June 25, March with District 10 Pride at the Pride Parade, RSVP at: www.eventbrite.com/e/640211197927

District 10 Office Updates

• On May 24th, we kicked off National EMS week by celebrating all of the dedication and incredible work our emergency medical workers do to save lives, respond to crisis, and more. On this day we honored the fire department and the artists for the amazing new art work at Fire Station 49.  The art is reflective of the mission and values of the SF Fire Department, and our beautiful city. 

• On May 25, I had the pleasure of visiting The Midway in D10 to share remarks at the Department of Children, Youth, and their Families (DCYF) Summer Learning Conference for DCYF grantees.

• On June 1, we kicked off Juneteenth and Pride Month with a reparations conversation and drag performance for the New Leaders Council.

• On June 5, we joined DPW and SFMTA on Palou to kick off the construction for much needed residential traffic calming. Sixteen new traffic calming devices will be constructed on Palou Avenue, supplementing the four devices installed on Palou Avenue last year. All together, the SFMTA expects to implement over fifty new traffic calming measures in District 10 over the next six months. Our office has worked closely with residents and SFMTA to bring these changes so that we can have safer streets for pedestrians and cyclists.

Legislative Updates

Over the last month, I've introduced the following resolutions and hearings: 

Resolutions:

• Resolution urging the Port of San Francisco and the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) to keep Pier 94 open for unhoused residents in District 10.
• Resolution supporting SB 729 (Menjivar) to expand health insurance coverage to include treatments for infertility and fertility services. 
• Supporting SB 290 (Menjivar), the Menstrual Equity Act of 2023, to expand CalWORKs to cover menstrual hygiene product purposes. 

• Hearing on the San Francisco Housing Authority's (SFHA) report of Eugene Burger Management Corp regarding the quality of services provided at the Sunnydale and Potrero Hill HOPE SF sites -- we've heard from many residents about the deteriorating and ignored conditions at both these sites and we need to hold SFHA and Eugene Burger accountable so that residents have a safe and clean place to live. 
  • This hearing is anticipated to be scheduled on Thursday, July 18 at the Government Audit & Oversight Committee. 

• Strengthening our Language Access: Over the last few years, we have been working closely with the Language Access Network, the Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs, and our community to improve San Francisco's Language Access Ordinance. We anticipate to introduce this legislation before the August recess. 

Making Palou Avenue Safer for All

This month, SFMTA will be partnering with Public Works to construct traffic calming improvements along Palou Avenue in the Bayview neighborhood . Through a community process with SFMTA’s Residential Traffic Calming Program, these improvements were submitted to slow down speeding vehicles and improve bike and pedestrian safety along Palou Avenue. Sixteen new traffic calming devices will be constructed on Palou Avenue, supplementing the four devices installed on Palou Avenue last year. All together, the SFMTA expects to implement over fifty new traffic calming measures in District 10 over the next six months.

The construction will last a couple months. Speed cushions, which are speed humps with slots to accommodate Muni and emergency response vehicles, will be installed on the following blocks:

• 1100 block of Palou Ave, Hawes St to Ingalls St
• 1200 block of Palou Ave, Ingalls St to Jennings St
• 1300 block of Palou Ave, Jennings St to Keith St
• 1400 block of Palou Ave, Keith St to Lane St
• 1700 block of Palou Ave, Newhall St to Phelps St
• 1800 block of Palou Ave, Phelps St to Quint St/Silver Ave
• 1900 block of Palou Ave, Quint St/Silver Ave to Rankin St
• 2000 block of Palou Ave, Rankin St to Selby St

For more information on traffic calming improvements in District 10 and other parts of the city, please visit www.sfmta.com.

Rental Laws: Housing Inventory & Landlord License

The City and County of San Francisco passed a new law that requires property owners to provide certain information to the Rent Board about their residential properties. If the owner provides the information, they will receive a license allowing them to impose annual and/or banked rent increases. An owner will no longer be allowed to impose annual and/or banked rent increases without this license. Most owners of residential housing in San Francisco are expected to report in information, including owners who are not landlords.

Free Summer Lunch to San Francisco Youth

SFUSD Student Nutrition Services will be offering 1 Breakfast and 1 Lunch to all youth (18 y.o. and under) in the community at no cost at over 40 schools with summer programming throughout June and July. See below for the list of school sites, dates, and meal times. Youth do not need to be enrolled in the summer program to access a meal on the following sites. All meals must be eaten at the school site (no grab n’ go meals or taking meals off site allowed).

For a list of participating schools: please click here.

Caltrans Weekend Closure

Caltrain will be suspending its service between San Francisco and Millbrae Stations on the weekends of June 10-11 and 17-18 in order to accommodate Caltrain Electrification construction and testing. Construction crews will continue to erect poles and hang wires for the Overhead Catenary System (OCS), as well as installing and testing signaling equipment. 

Caltrain encourages riders to seek alternative transit options. Limited bus service, known as a bus bridge, will be provided to Caltrain-dependent riders traveling to or from the affected area. 

These will be the 13th and 14th of approximately 30 weekends in 2023 in which service will be adjusted to accommodate construction and testing for electrified service, which is expected to launch passenger service in fall 2024. Thus far, construction crews have installed 59 poles this year along with over 200,000 feet of wire. 

SFMTA Traffic Calming Applications: Apply Soon - July 1

Did you know the SFMTA has a residential application-based traffic calming program where residents can request traffic calming for their block? Please take a look at the program website  to learn more about the application and evaluation processes. In particular, the SFMTA is revamping their application-based process to be simpler, more responsive, and more expedient. Starting July 1, 2023, traffic calming applications will be accepted and evaluated on a rolling quarterly basis, which should result in as much as a two-year decrease in time from application to construction compared to the previous process. Please reach out to my office or email TrafficCalmingApp@sfmta.com for more information.

Immigrant Heritage Month Celebration: 6/12/23

June is Immigrant Heritage Month! Please join the San Francisco Immigrant Rights Commission and the San Francisco Office of Civic Engagement & Immigrant Affairs (OCEIA)  in a celebration honoring local immigrant rights leaders, supporters and champions.

When: Monday, June 12, 2023 | 5:30 PM
Where: San Francisco City Hall, North Light Court

To RSVP HERE: bit.ly/ircawards2023 

The San Francisco Immigrant Rights Commission will honor individuals and organizations for excellence in the following categories:

• Entrepreneur Leader - Navarro's Martial Arts Academy
• Grassroots Leader - Samoan Community Development Center
• Grassroots Leader - CALMA
• Youth Leader - Naz Khorram
• Vera Haile Champion of Justice - Okan Sengun, The LGBT Asylum Project
• Special Recognition - Katharine Gin, Immigrants Rising 
• Special Recognition - Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya

This event is open to the public. Interpretation available upon request. Email civic.engagement@sfgov.org

SFPUC: Adopt-A-Drain Program

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s (SFPUC) Adopt a Drain Program launched in 2016, providing an opportunity for community members to help their neighborhoods, the City, and the environment by keeping storm drains clear of leaves and trash. We are excited to share these notable updates below.

Highlights:

• The number of drain adopters nearly doubled in January 2023 alone, from 2,700 to 4,700, as residents helped respond to the historic rainy season.
• We’re scheduling our next tool giveaway event for this fall – registered drain adopters will receive an email.
• We’ve launched a new and improved Adopt a Drain website: http://adoptadrain.sfwater.org, where people can learn about the city’s 25,000+ storm drains on an interactive map, join the program, adopt drains, (un-adopt drains if they need to), give their drains fun names, and see what names others have given their drainss

Every Thursday 3-7:30pm:
Farmers Market at the Southeast Community Center
1550 Evans Avenue

Juneteenth Events

Event: City-Wide Juneteenth Parade 2023 
Date: June 10^th 2023  
Time: 11am-2pm 
Landing Page:  Juneteenth Parade, SF 
Location: Fairy Building  

Event: Sunnydale 2023 25^th Annual Family Day    
Date: June 11^th 2023 
Time: 10am-6pm 
Neighborhood: Sunnydale  
Landing Page: Sunnydale Event 
Location: Herz Playground  
 
Event: Juneteenth Gala 
Date: June 16^th 2023 
Time: 5pm-11pm 
Neighborhood: Bayview HP 
Landing Page: SFBWS Gala 
Location: Pier 70 
 
Event: Fillmore Juneteenth Family Festival 
Date: June 17^th 2023 
Time: 11am-6pm  
Neighborhood: Filmore/ Western Addition 
Landing Page:  Fillmore Juneteenth 
Location: Geary to Fulton  
 
Event: Juneteenth Family Day 
Date: June 18^th 2023 
Time: 11am-6pm 
Neighborhood: Bayview HP 
Landing Page: Juneteenth Bayview 
Location: Gilman Park