Of management. They have been languishing in jail. When their public defender got fed up and said this is ridiculous, i cant get answers, i am going to sub the department of Public Health. All eight are in beds out of jail. Some lang winninged for 8 months. This is a scandal of the highest proportion. People are waiting in jail so desperately i ll we cant find a bed for nine months until they come to Court Everything i am angry. This is the most humane i have seen. All i have seenence i called the mayors office. We it is by our plan. We have staffing issues and blame the workers. It is not good enough. We have got to do something to get those beds up and running. We are talking about hiring 12 more workers. In two years the department of Public Health doesnt have that capacity so that mentality i ll people can get the care they need. Is that the department we are running in the city these days . I have brought copiesna i introduced when this was happening. Directs the department of Pub
Received eviction on august 19. We have an established program serving the needs of San Francisco Adult Mental Health population for the last 14 years. Instead of building on the program and increasing beds, the program has been losing beds. Not because of the care we are provides. I ask you to consider the individuals you are affecting before making changes. That will have a negative impact on the more helpless clients. Displacing the Mental Health and taking their home are not the solution to the homeless issues. Lets address the facility issues and Work Together to solve them so we can all retain our beds and continue to serve the members of the community. Thank you so much. [applause. ] thank you. I am Theresa Palmer a long time san franciscan. Usually i talk about longterm care. This whole thing is extremely upsetting, and my hope is the department of Public Health can improve from the fallout of this fiasco. Keeping longterm care beds empty because of what amounts to dphs lack of
Elders, and relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Okay. 2. Proposed action approval of the minutes of the Health Commission meeting of september 5, 2023. Commissioners you had the minutes upon reviewing them, no amendments make a motion. Make a motion. Second. And if i may offer a motion im hoping you can include a provision from commissioner chow on the uptodate i incremental said he gave the update that was commissioner green that gave that. That amendment a first and the segmented. All right. Any other amendments if none any Public Comment. I have a script to read. For the process didnt allow questions for answered or the public to engage with the commissioners any members of the public when discussing an item please note each individual has one opportunity to speak to an agenda item. Where i know sent to the Health Commission meeting will also be broadcast on sfgovtv. Everyone attending the meeting in person is encoura
Elders, and relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Okay. 2. Proposed action approval of the minutes of the Health Commission meeting of september 5, 2023. Commissioners you had the minutes upon reviewing them, no amendments make a motion. Make a motion. Second. And if i may offer a motion im hoping you can include a provision from commissioner chow on the uptodate i incremental said he gave the update that was commissioner green that gave that. That amendment a first and the segmented. All right. Any other amendments if none any Public Comment. I have a script to read. For the process didnt allow questions for answered or the public to engage with the commissioners any members of the public when discussing an item please note each individual has one opportunity to speak to an agenda item. Where i know sent to the Health Commission meeting will also be broadcast on sfgovtv. Everyone attending the meeting in person is encoura
And commissioner chow the ramaytush unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush rahmytoosh ohlone olonee who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. Irresponsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. Elders, and relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Okay. 2. Proposed action approval of the minutes of the Health Commission meeting of september 5, 2023. Commissioners you had the minutes upon reviewing them, no amendments make a motion. Make a motion. Second. And if i may offer a motion im hoping you can include a provision from commissioner chow on the uptodate i incremental said he gave the update that was commissioner green that gave that. That amendment a first and the segmented. All right. Any other amendments if none any Public Comment. I have a script to read. For the process didnt allow questions for answered or the public to e