address the needs in a meaningful matter. i think it does far better for individuals who need a more strongly, focused approach and does not require the criminals. it has a concern and i think there s a way to utilize this process and really to do something meaningful. we ve had the occasion this year to look at some of the services. i ve gone and visited services that move me. it happens that because they hadn t been on the budget chopping block that i hadn t had the occasion to see it but i think we recognize that there are large numbers of people who are facing serious mental illness that are unwilling to engage treatment and i think it is the responsible and the right thing for us to chart our own course and so work within the tools that this law provides to help people. president chiu: supervisor ross mirkarimi. supervisor mirkarimi: i would like to thank you supervisor michela alioto-pier for her leadership on this issue. i know the board of supervisors has had two comm
services. certainly these services have been cut. over the years there have been lots of consolidations for our mental health clinics over the years and we are facing a huge budget deficit in the next year to think that we could actually implement a new program to pay for civil court that would mandate assisted outpatient treatment doesn t make a lot of sense to me. also, i am not clear what assisted outpatient treatment is. is it counseling? psycho therapy? is it all of the existing services we currently have in the city and county of san francisco that meet people who have challenges around mental health issues? that is a fancy word that doesn t make a lot of sense. let s have a d.p.h. here to explain that as well. i would be supporting a continuance of this item. i know this is a very, very difficult issue that we re facing to approve or disapprove of this resolution because people really have a lot of emotional stake at this in this resolution and i don t take it very lig
this resolution that references bill 1421 that we would not be displacing any voluntary mental health programs for adults and for children in the city to enact laura s law. i don t know if we actually have that ability to enact this law without displacing existing services. certainly these services have been cut. over the years there have been lots of consolidations for our mental health clinics over the years and we are facing a huge budget deficit in the next year to think that we could actually implement a new program to pay for civil court that would mandate assisted outpatient treatment doesn t make a lot of sense to me. also, i am not clear what assisted outpatient treatment is. is it counseling? psycho therapy? is it all of the existing services we currently have in the city and county of san francisco that meet people who have challenges around mental health issues? that is a fancy word that doesn t make a lot of sense. let s have a d.p.h. here to explain that as well
bob was flattered. as he said, they can take celebrity away from you but who would take almost away from you? he was born in 1922 and grew up in long view, texas amid the oil fields in east texas, went to dallas in 1941, joined the army in 1943 and was based in reno for two years. he visited san francisco on a day remembered for being the initial run of the song of norway. after the army, bob returned to dallas, determined to live in california. the deciding factor in this relocation to san francisco in the summer of 1947 turned out to be the texan friends already in san francisco and california. bob started collecting photographs of movie stars and sheet music while still just a young man in long view. his first purchase being all my life from laughing irish eyes and that would lead to bob s compiling and cataloging over 32,000 pieces of sheet music. what distinguished bob s collection was not just his size and magnitude but his truly en psych low peedic knowledge and th