40 minutes, but it clearly emphasizes the importance of the homelessness crisis. Governor newsom made it clear, something needs to change. And says he knows californians have lost their patience. I dont think homelessness can be solved. I know that homelessness can be solved. Reporter in his second state of the state address, governor gavin newsom focused most of his speech on californias homelessness crisis. Its a disgrace that the richest state, in the richest nation, succeeding across so many sectors is falling so far behind to properly house, heal, and humanely treat so many of its own people. Reporter the number of People Living on the street jumped 16 last year to about 151,000. The governor laid out a plan, which includes emergency actions, like lowering the threshold for conservatorships, as well as the roll out of more housing trailers like these in oakland. The next group of trailers, im pleased to announce today are headed as we speak to santa clara, riverside, contra costa,
Unable to be here. Id like to thank john carroll, our clerk, and sfgovtv. Mr. Clerk, do we have any announcements . Clerk yes, thank you, mr. Chair. Please make sure you silence your cell phones and electronic devices. Copies of documents and completed speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the board of supervisors february 26 agenda. Chair mar thank you. Mr. Clerk, please call item 1. [agenda item read]. Chair mar this item was continued from the last g. A. O. Meeting on february 6 and is sponsored by supervisor matt haney. Supervisor haney, the floor is yours. Supervisor haney thank you, chair mar. Before i address a set of amendments that were going to be putting forward today, i want to say a few things about what this proposal is and also what a Navigation Center is. San francisco piloted its first Navigation Center in 2015. The model was dubbed more than a shelter and was carefully crafted to be ta shelter for people seeking housing.
There are no Public Comment requests for that item. Item 3 is the directors report. Good afternoon, commissioners. Gra grant colfax, director of health. You have the repot in front of you. Just a couple of things. One is we are continuing our covid19 preparations and actions. Ive asked dr. Aragon to provide more details after my report, so he will be doing that in just a minute. We are continuing with our ongoing daily work, and that includes Behavioral Health options for people in the city as part of our Behavioral Health reform as part of health s. F. We are currently establishing a health center, to be established at 180 jones, with a particular focus on methamphetamine users. This will have a 15bed capacity, take care of many more than that over a 24hour period. This is really the beginning of a larger expansion if this initial phase is successful at providing more lowbarrier opportunities for people to have a place that is safe, that provides Harm Reduction approaches and also not
Bigger than what divides us. , philanthropist that didnt inherit his money, but made his money. Im spending that money to get rid of donald trump. We are giving a voice to people who say they are sick and tired of billionaires like mr. Bloomberg that use expansions of their wealth while a halfmillion people sleep out on the street. Im the guy that said go get the votes for obama care. We need a candidate with unshakable values and that can actually get something done for the people. A different feel to the debate tonight with the six democrats on stage in las vegas, all taking shots at each other. Good evening everyone, im frank sommerville. It is still very early in the race but super tuesday is near, and the candidates are chasing front runners and need to start winning over supporters. Reporter a real sense of urgency on the stage as we approach super tuesday, that translated to six president ial hopefuls on the attack tonight. This ninth debate of the primary season making it clear
You have the report in front of you. Just a couple of things. One is we are continuing our covid19 preparations and actions. Ive asked dr. Aragon to provide more details after my report, so he will be doing that in just a minute. We are continuing with our ongoing daily work, and that includes Behavioral Health options for people in the city as part of our Behavioral Health reform as part of health s. F. We are currently establishing a health center, to be established at 180 jones, with a particular focus on methamphetamine users. This will have a 15bed capacity, take care of many more than that over a 24hour period. This is really the beginning of a larger expansion if this initial phase is successful at providing more lowbarrier opportunities for people to have a place that is safe, that provides Harm Reduction approaches and also not only helps them but also mitigates the effects of Behavioral Health issues in the surrounding community. Im proud to announce an expansion of our hummi