Oh, hello.

Good morning.

The meeting will come to order.

Welcome to the November 12, 2025 meeting of the board meeting of the Budget and Finance Committee.

I'm Supervisor Connie Chan, Chair of the Committee.

I'm joined by Vice Chair Supervisor Matt Dorsey.

Our clerk is Monique Craighton.

I would like to thank Eugene Labatia from SFGov TV for broadcasting this meeting.

Madam Clerk, do you have any announcements?

Yes, just a friendly reminder to those in attendance to please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices to prevent any interruptions to our proceedings.

Should you have any documents to be included as part of the file, they should be submitted to myself the clerk.

Public comment will be taken on each item on this agenda.

When your item of interest comes up and public comment is called, please line up to speak on the west side of the chamber to your right, my left along those curtains.

While not required to provide public comment, we do invite you to fill out a comment card and leave them on the tray by the television to your left by the doors.

If you wish for your name to be accurately recorded for the minutes, alternatively, you may submit public comment in writing in either of the following ways.

Email them to myself, the budget and finance committee clerk at BRENT.j at SFGO V dotorg.

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You may also send your written comments via U.S.

Postal Service to our office in City Hall.

One doc one, Dr.

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And finally, the item acted upon today is expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors agenda of November 18th unless otherwise stated.

Thank you.

And Madam Clerk, have we received a memo from President Amendelman about the substitution today?

Yes.

Wonderful.

And so I want to acknowledge a substitution for this committee and welcome Supervisor Beya Alcaraz.

Thank you.

And then with that, just a general reminder for the public that for any item that when we have a budget and legislative and analyst report, we will go to the department presentation, and then we will go to the budget and legislative analysts, and then we will have comments and questions from this body, and then we'll go to public comment.

So with that, Madam Clerk, please call item number one.

Yes, item number one is an ordinance appropriating $3.5 million from the General Reserves, the mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development to expand access to existing coordinated immigrant legal and community response services in fiscal year 25-26.

Thank you.

And today we have wonderful.

We have the presentation from the mayor's office of housing and community development.

Today I'll provide a brief overview of our division, highlight our key program investments, and share how this supplemental could strengthen coordinated services for immigration, legal defense, and coordinated response services to the immigrant community.

Our community development division takes a holistic and equity focused approach to managing city grants and community programs.

We manage funding that supports homelessness prevention, housing stability, as well as community safety and vitality.

These efforts ensure that our investments create measurable lasting impact for San Franciscans.

We fund both individual legal providers and collaboratives of multiple organizations that coordinate to serve residents across the city.

The growth you see in the chart on the right reflects a shift in the federal landscape, an increase in community need, and the city's commitment to increasing access to legal services for immigrant communities.

With this supplemental, we're proposing to expand the coordinated services for immigration legal defense and coordinated response services to the immigrant community.

This investment would grow staffing, improve technology systems, and expand outreach so that services maintain access remain accessible and well coordinated citywide.

The goal is a more connected and efficient system that meets the needs of immigrant communities in real time.

This funding would allow us to fund additional full-time attorneys and paralegals to meet rising caseloads.

It would also expand local legal representation within the immigration court and strengthen the technical capacity of existing providers.

Through these efforts, we would be better equipped to support San Franciscans who are facing immigration challenges.

The second component would strengthen the coordinated response services, ensuring that residents receive timely and coordinated help in urgent situations.

We would expand staffing, improve technology for real-time communication, and develop web and mobile tools for coordinated intake and tracking.

There would also be an increase in outreach through multilingual know your rights workshops and enhance collaboration across San Francisco.

I wanted to offer a snapshot.

The projected fiscal year 2025 annual goal was a total of 1,200 calls, but in just the first quarter of this fiscal year, the hotline has already received over 1,400.

This is a 20% increase above the total yearly target.

Compared to the same period last year, calls are up 350%, showing that awareness is growing and residents trust this coordinated network for support.

Over the last three months, every entity, city government, nonprofits, news outlets, and the general public has relied on these systems and the coordinated effort of these nonprofit providers.

The surge of activity and need reflects a significant increase in demand.

Looking ahead, Moe City is deeply grateful for the partnership of our community organizations, the board and the mayor's office, and especially OSEA that makes this work possible.

Together, we have an opportunity to support a coordinated citywide approach that meets the growing needs of immigrant residents.

Thank you for your ongoing support and partnership in this important work.

Thank you.