Will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, who makes us one, use our lawmakers today as agents of reconciliation. Give them the wisdom to build bridges that will enable Diverse People to accomplish your purposes on earth. Lord, inspire our senators with such oneness of spirit and resolve that they will provide our nation with a model of cooperation. Remind them of the wisdom of matthew 12 25, which states that a house divided against itself cannot stand. Lord, we thank you for giving senator grassley another birthday. We pray in your unifying name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting 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. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask for one minute. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Gr
Please stand by for the San Francisco board of supervisors meeting of october 17, 2023. Good afternoon and welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors for today, tuesday october 17, 2023. Madam clerk, please call the roll. Thank you mr. President. Supervisor chan, present. Dorsey, present. Engardio, present. Mandelman, present. Melgar, present. Peskin, present. Preston, present. Ronan, present. Safai, not present. Stefani, present. Walton, present. Mr. President , you have quorum. Thank you madam clerk. The San Francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we
Effective in helping people get their lives on the right path. And thats why were here today. We are here to focus on getting peoples lives on the right path. San francisco is a known, compassionate city, and when you think about the amount of service and resources that we offer to the public, we lead with our hearts or we lead with a desire to help people. For so many folks who have family members who suffer from addiction, this sometimes can be really personal. Wanting to see the city do more to help people get into treatment. It should not be any more convenient to get access to drugs than it is to get access to treatment. And what we are trying to do with a number of our changes and initiatives that i realize are a bit controversial. Were trying to get people into treatment. This is where we are. We see something a lot different with what the drugs are doing to people today than ever before. We see so many more people dying young, dying, not just are going through a situation and g
Support for people who have suffered from Substance Use disorder. Theyve been very effective in helping people get their lives on the right path. And thats why were here today. We are here to focus on getting peoples lives on the right path. San francisco is a known, compassionate city, and when you think about the amount of service and resources that we offer to the public, we lead with our hearts or we lead with a desire to help people. For so many folks who have family members who suffer from addiction, this sometimes can be really personal. Wanting to see the city do more to help people get into treatment. It should not be any more convenient to get access to drugs than it is to get access to treatment. And what we are trying to do with a number of our changes and initiatives that i realize are a bit controversial. Were trying to get people into treatment. This is where we are. We see something a lot different with what the drugs are doing to people today than ever before. We see s
Known, compassionate city, and when you think about the amount of service and resources that we offer to the public, we lead with our hearts or we lead with a desire to help people. For so many folks who have family members who suffer from addiction, this sometimes can be really personal. Wanting to see the city do more to help people get into treatment. It should not be any more convenient to get access to drugs than it is to get access to treatment. And what we are trying to do with a number of our changes and initiatives that i realize are a bit controversial. Were trying to get people into treatment. This is where we are. We see something a lot different with what the drugs are doing to people today than ever before. We see so many more people dying young, dying, not just are going through a situation and getting better, dying on our streets of San Francisco, were seeing more lives lost to this than covid. And with covid, we shut the whole world down. And with these drugs and how p