and i hope that you consider and definitely find in the budget just a little bit that we re asking and think long-term for us so we can get the recognition for the hard work that we do. thank you. hi. i am lacie johnson and work at progress foundation and with the nonprofit coalition. i work at adu acute diversion unit and people can stay for two weeks after they are ps and i want to talk about in the last few years the work load has gone up a lot. we used to have 10 beds. now the beds are increased and we have 12 beds and lost a half-time position and the increase in paperwork so there is constantly more work for you and as far as other services and recently other services have been cut, places where we connect people to such as tom ladell, haight-ashbury clinic and in the past where we connected people within two weeks now it takes three months so for nonprofit workers it s demorizing and our jobs are point scpls can t do the work and not to mention we have small salari
45 fewer people who can stop the disease from spreading 45 more people are managing their health through the care system. we ask you to lead us & again additional keep a argue prevention funds hi. i m a peer advocate with the wellness case clinic. i m a former client and before that continuum. in 2000 i was really ill and was at spreadsheet luke s hospital after my release i was appointed a nurse i was in a wheelchair and wasn t sure i d walk again. for some people is takes hitting rock bottom and that s what it took for me. at the program today, i was here to get a safe place to get help. those services continue today at case. i m afraid if those services get cut people will end up in the emergency room that the case health clinic provides. it was a monthly occurrence for me. i don t think it s fair i was able to get housed withheld others might not be able to get the opportunities if those cuts go through. please don t let those kits go through (clapping) hi i m david i
linked up to vitality facilities and have warm beds and nutrition. as we know seniors don t have family support so those programs are vitality. vital. we put our hearts and souls into our jobs. we save the city a lot of money by caring for the poor and disadvantaged which is way cheaper in an institutional setting. we ve absorbed clients who are often discharged from the hospital early. there s no doubt that our job is challenging and it s only fair we be compensated for the work we do. although we got 2 percent last year but that s not enough. we also work straight 5 years without one single raise. although i don t have children i work with a lot of coworkers who pay 6 homicide dollars a month and 1 thousand for two or more a month. i - . thank you (clapping) good afternoon supervisors and good afternoon to my colleagues. okay. on on behalf of my union as i can see we re all wearing purple. is we re concerned with something 7 .9 is a big amount of money and you guys will s
and i hope that you consider and definitely find in the budget just a little bit that we re asking and think long-term for us so we can get the recognition for the hard work that we do. thank you. hi. i am lacie johnson and work at progress foundation and with the nonprofit coalition. i work at adu acute diversion unit and people can stay for two weeks after they are ps and i want to talk about in the last few years the work load has gone up a lot. we used to have 10 beds. now the beds are increased and we have 12 beds and lost a half-time position and the increase in paperwork so there is constantly more work for you and as far as other services and recently other services have been cut, places where we connect people to such as tom ladell, haight-ashbury clinic and in the past where we connected people within two weeks now it takes three months so for nonprofit workers it s demorizing and our jobs are point scpls can t do the work and not to mention we have small salar
thank you. hello, folks. i am a former institutional police officer of laguna honda. i would like to be able to say i can convince you to leave the institutional police as they are. up i have had several good people ahead of me. we provide a service that is unique for the hospitals of laguna honda. we re familiar with their game plan. we understand them. they understand us. we do not always get along. but we are necessary evils, so to speak. we keep the peace. unfortunately, i found out just a few months back one of the psych techs at general hospital was murdered in the emergency room area. police officers were there to apprehend this individual. it would not have happened if there were not security there. there would still be standing around, wondering what to do. you definitely need to keep the institutional police entity at laguna and at general hospital. we are a necessity. you cannot get the same results from private security. we are police officers. and damn good o