President yee good afternoon. Welcome to the january 21, 2020 special meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madame clerk, will you please call the roll. Fewer present. Haney present. Mandelman present. Mar present. Peskin present. Preston present. Ronen present. Safai present. Stefani present. Walton present. Yee present. Mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee thank you. Will you please 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. President yee so, on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgovtv, jessie and james. Who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madame clerk, any communications . None to report today, mr. President. President yee okay. So i want to thank all the Board Members for being here today. This is a special m
Sales force tower cam. Were starting out today with numbers in the upper 40s and low 50s. Well recover into the mid50s. Look ahead does look wet. Well have details when we cover the forecast more thoroughly. Here is gianna. With the foggy conditions, you may roll up on areas with limited visible. Be careful as you hit the roadways. Were getting reports of a couple new crashes into the traffic center. The first will affect your drive at 880 at 92. Getting a word of a broken down vehicle, northbound 101 at 84. This is blocking the slow lane. Not a lot of delays on 880 where the crash is you should be okay if youre trying to hop on the san mateo bridge. Another crash reported on 680 as you head through the grade. It looks like this is blocking one lane. Im jackie ward live in San Francisco at uber headquarters after a two year federal investigation about Sexual Harassment claims, uber has finally agreed to a settlement for 4. 4 million. That is how much they will be paying victims. This o
When the house gavels back in, watch live coverage here on cspan. Back now to the white house summit on Mental Health. What i would like to do for a few minutes. Lets start with you. In terms of the imd exclusion that they express concerns if we live the imd exclusion we open the door to institutionalization of thousands of people. Do you have comments about that . It will not open the Door Community treatment will always be cheaper and government will always will be a cheaper option if it is effective. But then go back to snakepit conditions of the past of one flew over the cuckoos nest but it is the lack of money for hospitals that created substandard conditions allowing them more money that is truly therapeutic. And to have the panelist speak about the continuum of services that are needed to support the seriously mental ill. What do you see as a continuum of care what happens if you dont have those kinds of services . But these fights over scraps so now we are worried about inpatie
Why is in crisis half of the description clicks because 11 million americans upwards of 4 million are receiving no treatment to their lives lost to psychosis untreated serious Mental Illness represents a huge and unnecessary loss of human potential. It also makes our more dire social mission such as random acts of violence and sheltered homelessness Substance Abuse, and the disturbing rise of the rate of suicide i want to emphasize these problems are exacerbated not by serious Mental Illness but exacerbated by serious Mental Illness. Todays historic conversation draws broadly on the expertise of people from many disciplines and experiences and perspectives our goal is to put on the table a robust set of reforms how we go about delivering treatment to persons with serious Mental Illness. The Trump Administration has already begun the process of rebuilding our treatment system this very week the president will sign fiscal year 2020 appropriations bill that makes important in the improvem
Initiative to address the needs of the highest utilizers of Public Health services. On the fifth of november a broad update. We are concerned about the health and wellbeing of those in San Francisco. We take our role seriously and we will continue to use our meetings as a public forum to discuss important Public Health issues. Members of the public are always invited to attend and provide input. I am mark. Health commission secretary. If you have Public Comment, please hand a slip to me. If you would consider today, there are a lot of people who feel passionately about what you are here for. As others speak, they may have different opinions than you, try to be respectful. Be silent in your show of your opinion by either doing Something Like this or this. If you like what is being said. If you dont like being said do this. Vocalizes is not respectful to the person at the podium. Please consider that. Item 2. Approval of august 20 and september 17 meetings. In front of you is slightly re