Youre not ending the war on drugs. We need to think of at holistic play as a publichealth problem. Not as a rush also the people who are selling and people are selling a rock to a Police Officer pretending to be an addict. All those people need help. I think that have given my all for the cause. I will leave it to george to put the capper on it. What is the sanction for opposing he is one of your members. He is and he is a valued member of the association. As an elected official, he is entitled to his own opinion. Thank you. I have to say that, i want to think marty for coming here. He knew he was coming into this. I want to repeat. I am in the minority in the association. I think concerning this item, it is important for me and all of us to recognize there are ballot points of view. If were serious about developing solutions that work for all of us, we have to entertain those points of view and tried to reach consensus. That is the only one that we will create a workable, sustainable
Youre not ending the war on drugs. We need to think of at holistic play as a publichealth problem. Not as a rush also the people who are selling and people are selling a rock to a Police Officer pretending to be an addict. All those people need help. I think that have given my all for the cause. I will leave it to george to put the capper on it. What is the sanction for opposing he is one of your members. He is and he is a valued member of the association. As an elected official, he is entitled to his own opinion. Thank you. I have to say that, i want to think marty for coming here. He knew he was coming into this. I want to repeat. I am in the minority in the association. I think concerning this item, it is important for me and all of us to recognize there are ballot points of view. If were serious about developing solutions that work for all of us, we have to entertain those points of view and tried to reach consensus. That is the only one that we will create a workable, sustainable
Will be sentenced in Community Service or whatever. And for those individuals who do need some measure of control and supervision to deal about deal with their conviction problems, its not going to happen at the misdemeanor level. Let me go to a couple of the questions from the audience. Ive shared them with our District Attorney. George, two questions there, one related to whether or not drug possession should be treated differently for adults than from juveniles. And then a question about back on track, whether or not that program would be positively or adversely affected by senator lenos proposal. Yes, let me start with the first question concerning juveniles. I think juveniles definitely need to be treated differently, and certainly here in San Francisco, we do. We very seldom in fact, i know for a fact weve not criminalized simple possession drugs. Theres a lot of other vehicles we use to deal with juveniles before it ever gets to a prosecution for possession of drugs. And i think
And really listen to what the needs are, the challenges are with that veteran or family. Ive had difficulties in the fact that i have nightmares. And so, in that situation of having those nightmares and having those flashbacks, um, it was very difficult for, for the reunion. Family members are, you know, are really impacted because they really sacrifice a lot while their spouse is in theater. You know, they are taking on a number of different roles, and so when their spouse returns, it is, it can be even more challenging. They come back and theyre, theyre in this heightened state of awareness. And their, you know, their adrenaline is rushing and now theyre supposed to come back and just flow into everyday life. In situations where we need to expedite something for a veteran to get va healthcare services, were able to really get those needs met timely. In the case of the veterans program, we do a lot of transportation to Mental Health appointments. And well try and get the vet to the pl
Here to see us. And so, i think that once again, i go back to the fact that under the current system, because we have so many of those individuals who were once incarcerated at the state level, being pushed down to the counties, theres no room at the end in terms of the county jails. So misdemeanors arent going to be sentenced to county jail but will be sentenced in Community Service or whatever. And for those individuals who do need some measure of control and supervision to deal about deal with their conviction problems, its not going to happen at the misdemeanor level. Let me go to a couple of the questions from the audience. Ive shared them with our District Attorney. George, two questions there, one related to whether or not drug possession should be treated differently for adults than from juveniles. And then a question about back on track, whether or not that program would be positively or adversely affected by senator lenos proposal. Yes, let me start with the first question co