Will agree that we want to build on that. But i do recall i want and of the next few days i would like a better understanding of how the crisis team fits into what we are already doin doing . This is similarly an effort rely on expanding ems6. I want to understand how that has grown and how those ems16s are used. Also, how the mobile crisis team relates to this and any other, you know, outreach thats happening now because i think supervisor ronen and supervisor hainey and the whole boards intention is for a game changer that really changes the experience for people who are in crisis on the streets and really changes the experience of people in San Francisco who are seeing people in crisis on the street. And the question of whether its to be 24hour, but i think it needs to be at a volume that is great enough that is actually impactful and im a little worried that the increase that happened last year again, its been a weird year, a very weird year. But i know ems6 does great work and i k
I am commissioner martha knutzen. This Commission Meeting is being conducted pursuant to the provisions of the bryant act and recent executive orders issued by the governor to facilitate teleconferencing to reduce the risk of covid19 transmission at public meetingful ordinarily, the brown act has strict rules for teleconferencing. The governors executive order has descended those rules. It requires that we continue to notice meetings in advance. The department has met all of the applicable notice requirements. As noted on the agenda, members of the public may observe this teleconference meeting via sfgov tv and may offer Public Comment by calling the published comment phone number. Id like to welcome the members of the public and staff who are watching us live on sfgov tv. The Commission Asks and thanks you for your patience during these unprecedented times. Conducting the meeting through teleconferencing has only happened once last month in our history. That being said, we hope the pu
Knutzen. This Commission Meeting is being conducted pursuant to the provisions of the bryant act and recent executive orders issued by the governor to facilitate teleconferencing to reduce the risk of covid19 transmission at public meetingful ordinarily, the brown act has strict rules for teleconferencing. The governors executive order has descended those rules. It requires that we continue to notice meetings in advance. The department has met all of the applicable notice requirements. As noted on the agenda, members of the public may observe this teleconference meeting via sfgov tv and may offer Public Comment by calling the published comment phone number. Id like to welcome the members of the public and staff who are watching us live on sfgov tv. The Commission Asks and thanks you for your patience during these unprecedented times. Conducting the meeting through teleconferencing has only happened once last month in our history. That being said, we hope the public has patience. We are
not to miss the opportunity that there are units open on the second floor and the 10th floor. and you can see the not only the garden but the urban farm outside. and enjoy the food afterwards. thank you for coming. [applause] ( ) ( ) 3, 2, 1, yay! [applause] ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) welcome to the commission on disability and aging services. will the secretary please take the roll. president here. vice president here. commissioner knutzen here. spears here. also present, shireen mcspadden. we ask that you silence all cell phones. president serina: before proceeding to the agenda, i would like the newest commissioner, barbara sklar to give us a few words. i have a history in working with the elderly and with the disabled. including being a part of the group that started what is now the institute on aging. so i m very familiar with in-home supportive services. i think the learning curve will be a little flatter for me, but give me a chance to learn what is going on now. in addit
disabled. including being a part of the group that started what is now the institute on aging. so i m very familiar with in-home supportive services. i think the learning curve will be a little flatter for me, but give me a chance to learn what is going on now. in addition, i have a special needs granddaughter who is 11 years old and i have helped and assisted with. she is severely disabled. she is in a wheelchair, cochlear implants and uses an ipad to communicate. it s brought me into this age of disability, and i m aware of the barriers. i m looking forward to serving on the commission. president serina: thank you. honor to have you on our commission. i would like for approval of the february 5 agenda? motion? thank you. second, thank you. any comments or questions? all in favor? any opposed? thank you. the motion carries. item number 3, approval of the january 10, 2020 meeting minutes. do i have a motion to approve? so moved. a second? thank you. any comments, questi