Welcome to the board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call the role. role call . All members are present. I. I would like to acknowledge the staff of sf gtv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, any communications . None to report, mr. President. Before we do that, i would like to ask everybody to join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Welcome back, colleagues. I hope you all had a great break because im hopeful that this year, 2020, will be as fruitful as last year, 2019. And i would like to welcome our new city Deputy Director who is over there. Shes already busy, ann pearson, welcome to chambers. And i promise that at least, my colleagues promise not to pick on you for the first week, anyway. I also like to make an announcement that in dec
Welcome to the board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call the role. role call . All members are present. I. I would like to acknowledge the staff of sf gtv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, any communications . None to report, mr. President. Before we do that, i would like to ask everybody to join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Welcome back, colleagues. I hope you all had a great break because im hopeful that this year, 2020, will be as fruitful as last year, 2019. And i would like to welcome our new city Deputy Director who is over there. Shes already busy, ann pearson, welcome to chambers. And i promise that at least, my colleagues promise not to pick on you for the first week, anyway. I also like to make an announcement that in dec
Federal government gets the count right, so weve created count sf to motivate all sf count to motivate all citizens to participate in the census. For the immigrant community, a lot of people arent sure whether they should take part, whether this is something for u. S. Citizens or whether its something for anybody whos in the yUnited States, and it is something for everybody. Census counts the entire population. Weve given out 2 million to over 30 communitybased organizations to help people do the census in the communities where they live and work. Weve also partnered with the Public Libraries here in the city and also the Public Schools to make sure there are informational materials to make sure the folks do the census at those sites, as well, and weve initiated a campaign to motivate the citizens and make sure they participate in census 2020. Because of the language issues that many Chinese Community and families experience, there is a lot of mistrust in the federal government and whe
Representatives in congress. Its important for San Francisco because if we dont have all of the people in our city if we dont have all of the folks in California California and San Francisco stand to lose billions of dollars in funding. Its really important to the city of San Francisco that the federal government gets the count right so weve created count sf to motivate all sf count to motivate all citizens to participate in the census. For the immigrant community, a lot of people arent sure whether they should take part whether this is something for u. S. Citizens or whether its something for anybody whos in the youunited states and it is something for everybody. Census counts the entire population. Weve given out 2 million to over 30 communitybased organizations to help people do the census in the communities where they live and work. Weve also partnered with the Public Libraries here in the city and also the Public Schools to make sure there are informational materials to make sure
With grace and kindness and willing to work with us. I have no doubt that hes going to do a great job implementing Mental Health s. F. Dr. Grant colfax. [ applause ]. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you, supervisor ronen and mayor breed, for bringing us here today and the city leaders together to solve the most urgent problem facing our city. You made sure that the department of Public Health and the clinicians, Community Partners, clients, patients, the people we serve, contributed their collective wisdom to this transformative plan for asterisk. Under your leadership, mayor breed, with the help of people here today, we will make a positive impact in transforming our Behavioral Health system to serve the people in greatest need. Thank you again, supervisor ronen and haney, for your commitment to health and dignity for san franciscans experiencing homelessness, mental illness, and Substance Use disorders. The department of Public Health shares the passion and urgency you bring to this