SAN FRANCISCANS - HURTING FROM BUDGET CUTS CAME IN DROVES - PLEADING TO RESTORE THE FUNDS DENIED THEM. THE SF BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE - SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES - TREATING SO MANY WITH DISDAIN..

 

These stairs lead to the rooms of the SF Supervisors. Yet, the poor and those in need are repeatedly overlooked. It's a travesty, and the SF Budget and Appropriation Committee is to blame. They talk endlessly, giving the public a mere minute to speak. It's time to revoke their representation. None of them are worthy of serving San Franciscans.

Our City and County of San Francisco, named after Saint Francis Assisi, has a long-standing tradition of embracing all and caring for those in need. We should be proud of this legacy.

For the first time in decades, almost everyone who serves the poor and the indigent has been denied funds to support their clients. This is a significant moment in our history that calls for our collective responsibility.

This is not just a problem; it's a crisis that demands immediate attention.

The SF Budget and Appropriations Committee wastes time, talks in circles, and caters to those with clout. It's disappointing that they favor those who leach on others.  

It favors those who leach on others.

Kudos to the Chinese Progressive Association for your relentless efforts and dedication and for exposing the San Francisco Budget and Appropriation Committee's pandering to those who wheel and deal—to the detriment of the poor and those in dire straits.

After hundreds showed up to speak at the SF Budget and Appropriations Committee meetings, the Committee, late June 28, 2024, restored some of the funds to children's programs, violence prevention, and other much-needed programs.

Those in charge mustn't show favoritism as they have shown to Young Community Developers and  Community Youth Center - receiving millions with little or no accountability and transparency. We demand transparency and accountability in all financial allocations.

We are monitoring you, folks, and you have yet to serve the community that most needs help.

We will speak up and protest peacefully in ways you have never seen before.

The Chinese Progressive Association has secured over $60,000 in unpaid wages and brought relief to so many poor American Chinese - from SF, China Town, and elsewhere - living paycheck to paycheck - denied their benefits by their bosses.

The volunteers are young American Chinese who came to August Hall, Room 250, to speak to the public and state their policies and what they have achieved over the years.

Each of them dressed well and fired up to speak truth to power. 

The SF Budget and Appropriation better learn that in the future, no one will tolerate the back-and-forth, the wheeling and dealing—enough is enough.

The youth and others affiliated with the Chinese Progressive Association go door to door.

Inform those in need that they can learn more about wages, their rights, and the workplace, and they are ready to help them if they join their ranks.

From their testimony, they do a great job - kudos to the Chinese Progressive Association.

These young people and some older American Chinese from the Chinese Progressive Association were articulate. They showed how they could achieve so much with little funding—funding denied to them today.

Shame on Mayor London Breed and her office.

Shame on the SF Budget and Appropriations Committee, and more shame on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, who recently gave themselves a pay raise.

San Francisco City Hall - smelling of Sulphur.

Millions of dollars have been wasted on Infrastructure involving the Department of Public Works and its engineers. 

This nonsense has been going on for years now. 

The head of the Department of Public Works needs to learn about managing contracts and is less concerned about failing infrastructure and deferred maintenance. 

She knows how to hug trees and, beyond that, panders to the Mayor - she is her lackey. Where do they find such folks - one worse than the other.

https://sfstandard.com/2024/06/20/san-francisco-flood-prone-fire-stations/

Dr. Grant Colfax makes $600,000 a year but has failed San Francisco. A lackey with no backbone, he is now embroiled in ploys, machinations, and shenanigans. Millions transferred from the General Fund to the Mayor's Office of Children, Youth, and Families - millions linked with the Soda Fund - that we need to learn about the policies behind these millions - spent in the wrong area - doing more harm than good.

Over forty entities are receiving money from the Soda Fund. 

The Fund has ties with the General Fund. These funds should be used holistically to avoid sodas, but this is not the case.

These entities signed contracts promising them resources for three years. Now, suddenly, they are told that the funds for which they worked hard and had detailed plans for the future have been thrown to the wind.

The Street Violence Intervention Program (SVIP) was once in dire straits - the SVIP did not have facilities that had standards - and lacked restrooms that lacked hygiene.

At that time, the SVIP came under HealthRight 360, and I had to intercede and help the SVIP—bring them to my office, which had 3000 square feet—good office rooms, cubicles that could be used and stabilized—Street Violence Intervention Program.

The City and County of San Francisco, then under Mayor Ed Mah Lee - had gotten rid of the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice - and the contract was outsourced to HealthRight360 - mainly probably using the Mayor's Office of Children, Youth, and Families.

Street Violence Intervention Program took some years to stabilize - and even today - has serious problems when it comes to logistics and the recent intrusion of Fentanyl and increases in many cases - linked to mental wellness.

HealthRight360 operates several clinics—one at Glide and another with a large clinic at Eleventh Street and Van Ness—and is a billion-dollar-plus operation headquartered in Los Angeles.

www.healthrigt360.org

 We rarely see HealthRight 360 come before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

Visit their website, and you can find hundreds of vacancies linked to Registered Nurses, Case Managers, and all sorts of vacancies for the many hospitals and clinics - HealthRight360 is everywhere, and no one knows - to whom HealthRight360 is - accountable.

Again and again, many of these entities who try to tap into grants are directly or indirectly linked to HealthRight360. 

Recently, we have seen HealthRight360 distance itself from some entities, preferring to transfer work they were directly involved with, transfer the operations with funding to the San Francisco Health Department, and muddy the waters.

HealthRight brags they are into comprehensive and compassionate care:

  * Medical Care

  * Mental Care

  * Dental Care

  * Re-Entry Services

  * Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Who are these entities from New York - Hillary Kunins - who heads our SF Behavioral Health Services and Mental Health SF Director - has 8 other directors under her  - failing to address the severe issues.

We see more and more issues linked to drugs, mental wellness, and other serious problems -  dementia and related issues - so many roaming on the streets of San Francisco. 

There are all sorts of teams like the Gold Team—other ploys and machinations—and there are no viable and sustainable results—millions wasted—as much as one hundred million. 

Where did Dr. Grant Colfax come from, and why was he never found in his office? He stands like a lackey at ribbon cuttings and fails San Franciscans on many fronts.

The soda fund has not been used holistically, and it does not matter if it sits within the general fund.

From the onset, the soda fund strongly suggested that young and old people avoid soda and stick with clean drinking water.

The problem with these jerks like Dr. Grant Colfax is that they think they know better. Lying comes naturally to them. 

We want the people, San Franciscans,  and taxpayers at the table.

We will not tolerate these SF crooked leaders - heads of departments having disdain for the people.

The people united will never be defeated. 

San Francisco is well-educated, has professional skills, and is ready to serve our beloved City. 

If worse comes to worst, we will unite and eliminate the nuisance.

Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth are well respected and have recently reached out to other non-profits, uplifting them and helping thousands in need.

For all its talk, the SF City and County of San Francisco has failed our youth.

The youth attended the meeting in Room 250 and explained to the SF Budget and Appropriation Committee that they needed more help and that many youths were harmed.

In 2024, it is a shame that we do not care for our youth, that the Mayor and some of the SF Board of Supervisors are playing politics, and that millions are being sent to the wrong folks.

Millions are poured into Young Community Developers—more involved in Property Management—the Community Youth Center of San Francisco, purportedly serving 8,000 youth—some other charlatans—using our taxpayers' money. 

At the same time, the neediest and those in dire straits are left in dire straits.

We will learn more when we get a new Mayor, and all the bull shit we are dealing with will be brought to book.

Choose your pick - best of luck.

Anyone who wants to serve the constituents and citizens of San Francisco must be educated on issues and know how to interact with the community. 

If you represent them, you surely must not be a liar.

The last four Mayors have failed us - miserably.

The incumbent Mayor has wasted money - much of the millions we received after the Pandemic were wasted - and now that we have no cash flow - our Mayor has acted like a fool.

No one in their right mind, with an over $1 billion deficit, would dare suggest we bring some pandas to San Francisco.

Is this a priority for the Mayor - when so many are suffering working two and three jobs?

Now, to fulfill the Mayor's desire - behest money is suggested - to meet the obligations - the enclosure at the SF Zoo is pathetic - some animals have been stolen - including one lemur.

The enclosure will cost $25 million, and then some million more to pay the Chinese Conservation fee to care for the Pandas linked to their program.

Just feeding the Pandas daily with bamboo - they consume anywhere from 26 to 84 pounds daily.

San Francisco has hit rock bottom - and the Mayors in the last 15 years have taken many things for granted.

Our financial district is hurting—over 41 million square feet of commercial space is vacant—and the Accessor Office has no clue how to raise money.  

Can you imagine the SF Mayor, the SF Accessor, the SF Treasurer, the SF City Administrator, the SF City Attorney, the SF District Attorney, and the SF Board of Supervisors getting raises?

That says it all. These politicians stink to high heaven - they do a lousy job, and San Francisco is last among all Municipal Cities regarding quality of life issues - San Francisco is last - from the list of 158.

All the right things - in the right place.

Well done, Chinese Progressive Association.