Sides and i appreciate his openness to understanding our concerns here. And i specifically am happy about two amendments that supervisor farrell, the department of Public Health and my office have developed. The first would require the department of Public Health to create a team of advocates to work with an individual to attempt to convince him or her to accept voluntary Services Every time a petition for assisted outpatient treatment is requested. This team would consist of a forensic psychologist, a Family Member, and a peer advocate, and the law would actually prescribe the specificity of what the department of Public Health would be required to do. This team would work with the individual to attempt to convince him or her to engage in voluntary treatment at 3 stages during the department of Public Healths investigation to determine whether the individual fits the criteria for courtordered treatment, when the Court Petition is filed and after the petition is filed but before the Co
Supervisor avalos. Thank you, just want to thank all the members of the public for being here and want to urge that we can move this Charter Amendment forward to the full board with or without recommendation i would be okay with. I think its important that we actually provide an opportunity for the voters to decide how we want to participate in filling vacancies on the board of supervisors and in the mayors office. I think this is a reasonable thing that really lives up to our democratic ideals as a city. And just want to reiterate this is not about any particular supervisor or to question the qufrtions of any one appointment thats been made recently, its really about having a process that lives up to our democratic ideals and values. We were making this on the pathway of doing this Charter Amendment back a couple years ago when lafco had done the study on vacancies and it was really about having a stable way we can move forward on filling these vacancies. My experience on the board, e
Engines on our School District system the Business Community has the criticism but superintendant cosponsor random has done a good job so when businesses is this this and that when you want a Worldwide School system to produce worldclass folks we need you to be helpful and to understand that thats why i want to say a big thank you to warren around the k3wrish9 program prop h, you know, clapping i was the lion tamper the guy who inherited the cats. He would curse and scream and showed me a to the once he got other activist tans to go neutral or support the willingly he was the bank we had a stunning victory on this sports and aortas and preschool it was a wonderful thing in San Francisco the town that time forgot e and the Rainy Day Fund i knew what it was like to get a pink slip i said id rather wear one then get one kids related to a certain teacher and the teacher was begun were one of the few places in california that really didnt have large layoffs so its been a great journey witho
Count her its amazing to see such Strong Political leadership for our Public Schools the Public Education fund ive been involved with since i cross paths with tom in march of 2004 with a Strong Community of youth and education leaders i want to say right now california it the 9th largest economy weve educated over 78 children out of 9 we believe this should be the best place but california ranks last in larcenies to student ratio and ranges last in guidance kournld and in 2008, california was ranked the 8 in pre k schools and 2012 california wagner was ranked 47. In San Francisco weve seen the impact of those state and federal policies things the implementation of our new graduations weve seen 77 million in cuts from the state and nearly half of our sf sophomores were not on track to graduate its why the public Enrichment Fund in San Francisco is important we is if the state and federal government will not take care of our our children city and county of San Francisco well, this is wha
It does require the courts involvement, which for some individuals can be a traumatic thing. Overall it provides crucial treatment for patients whose Mental Illness itself prevents them from recognizing that they in fact need treatment and will be able to benefit from it. I want to underscore that in the department of Public Health there are over 30,000 individuals each year who are treated in a voluntary way. The overwhelming majority of individuals who receive treatment do so in a completely voluntary way. These services that are provided by the department of Public Health will be accessible to this small population of individuals who are at very great risk for harm coming to them in the community. Its an effort to provide treatment that can potentially allow them to live a more satisfying and recoveryoriented life. So overall i want to emphasize that this is an important option for patients, for families and for our community and provides necessary treatment to an Important Group of