Good afternoon, everybody.

Welcome to the May 12, 2026 regular meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Supervisor Chan.

Chan present, Supervisor Chen, Chen present, Supervisor Dorsey.

Dorsey present, Supervisor Fielder, Fielder not present, Supervisor Mahmoud, Makmood present, Supervisor Mandelman.

Mandelman present, Supervisor Melgar.

Melgar present, Supervisor Sauter, Soder present, Supervisor Cheryl, Cheryl present, Supervisor Walton, Walton present, and Supervisor Wong.

Wong present.

Mr.

President, you have a quorum.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramatushalone, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula.

As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramatushaloni have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory.

As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland.

We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramatushalone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples.

Colleagues, will you join me in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance?

One nation.

On behalf of the board, I want to acknowledge the staff at SFGov TV today, especially Kalina Mendoza.

They record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online.

Madam Clerk, let's go to our 2 p.m.

special order.

Yes, the 2 p.m.

special order is the monthly appearance of the Honorable Mayor Daniel Lurie.

Here today, there are no questions submitted from members of the board representing districts one, two, three, or four.

But the mayor may address the board for up to five minutes.

Welcome, Mr.

Mayor, as our clerk indicated.

We have no topics submitted for you today, so uh we welcome you to speak for up to five minutes.

Thank you.

Good afternoon, Board President Mandelman and members of the board.

Over the last 16 months, we've talked many times about the work that we've done together to get people off the street and into shelter and treatment and onto a path to stability.

It's clear that San Franciscans feel like our city is moving in the right direction, and today I was excited to announce another important milestone.

According to the preliminary 2026 point in time count, unsheltered homelessness in San Francisco is now at the lowest levels in 15 years.

Since 2024, unsheltered homelessness is down 22%.

The number of people in tents is down 85%, and overall homelessness is down with nearly 1,000 fewer people sleeping on our streets compared to 2024.

Those numbers represent people coming indoors, getting help, and getting on the path to stability.

When I took office, we committed to transforming how San Francisco responds to homelessness, addiction, and behavioral health.

We focused on accountability, coordination, and getting people off the street faster.

With this board's support and leadership, we passed the fentanyl state of emergency ordinance and launched our breaking the cycle plan.

We integrated street outreach to better connect people to care.

We ended the policy of handing out fentanyl smoking supplies without pathways to treatment.

Last year, alongside supervisors Cheryl and Sauter, we opened 822 Geary, a 24-7 stabilization center.

And just last week, we opened the reset center in Supervisor Dorsey's district, making clear that open air drug use is not acceptable on our streets.

Across San Francisco, we added more than 600 shelter and treatment beds because recovery requires more than just a place to sleep at night.

We've also made major progress helping families living in RVs, thanks to the partnership of my legislative co-sponsor, Supervisor Melgar.

To date, we've helped 132 families move from RVs into shelter or housing.

And we've expanded Journey Home, reconnecting more people with family and support systems in the last three months than in any three month period since the program started.

At every step from outreach to shelter to permanent housing, we are reforming the system to deliver better outcomes and break the cycles of homelessness and addiction.

But we all know our work is far, far from done.

Family homelessness increased since 2024, reflecting trends we're seeing across California and the country.

We are continuing to invest in prevention, shelter, and housing support for families because no child should experience homelessness in San Francisco.

And beyond the numbers, I know you see it, I see it every single day.

And residents also still see it and want cleaner and safer streets.

I do too, and I'm as motivated as ever.

I want to thank all of you who have made who have made this progress possible here at the Board of Supervisors, our city departments, our nonprofit partners, our first responders, our outreach workers on the front lines every single day.

I want to thank you, Board President Mandelman, for your leadership and for all of you here at the Board of Supervisors for your partnership.

We're on the right track, but we have so much more work to do, and we need to do it together, and I look forward to doing that with all of you.