Memori secondly, some of you may recall that late last year, which seems like a lifetime ago, i requested a budget and legislative report. That report was released today and im requesting a hearing on the report so we can better understand the citys use of these conservatorships. Contributed to a decrease in the total l. D. S. Conservative caseload. Interestingly, that caseload has increased somewhat over the last year. Now one of the perhaps surprising things i learned from this report is San Francisco is conserving gravely disabled people at an alarming average and is ranked ninth among counties in its per capita rate. So whats going on . Are there fewer people in need of conservatorships in San Francisco county or are we failing to meet the needs of residents that cannot take care of themselves . Part of the explanation of that decline is the loss of the last decade of appropriate placements of people suffering from serious mental illnesses. Plainly, theres more work to do, and the
Memori secondly, some of you may recall that late last year, which seems like a lifetime ago, i requested a budget and legislative report. That report was released today and im requesting a hearing on the report so we can better understand the citys use of these conservatorships. Contributed to a decrease in the total l. D. S. Conservative caseload. Interestingly, that caseload has increased somewhat over the last year. Now one of the perhaps surprising things i learned from this report is San Francisco is conserving gravely disabled people at an alarming average and is ranked ninth among counties in its per capita rate. So whats going on . Are there fewer people in need of conservatorships in San Francisco county or are we failing to meet the needs of residents that cannot take care of themselves . Part of the explanation of that decline is the loss of the last decade of appropriate placements of people suffering from serious mental illnesses. Plainly, theres more work to do, and the
Noncustodial programs, in collaboration with the police to release bookings. Im looking forward to working with these departments. To this hearing, i want to thank my colleagues for their support on this as well. Secondly, quickly, i am introducing legislation to create a streetlevel Drug Dealing Task force which will be comprised of community members, city departments tasked with evaluating the increase of streetlevel drug dealing, and putting forward new Creative Space solutions. Many of you remember, or you were there, and we had a seven hour hearing where we had most of the departments, who respond to the issues related to drug dealing present. What we heard from them, and what we heard from the many residents that came out and spoke, at that hearing, the city urgently needs ordination. We need a comprehensive strategy. We need to partner in a serious way to put this forward. This Drug Dealing Task force will allow us to bring together experts, residents, Department Officials to be
Hes described by his father as a beautiful mix of eager necessary, and hesitance i, need and striving, caution, and surprise. Four year old elis wallers life cut short, died died in his sleep two weeks ago. Now reporting he tested positive for enterovirus d68. As this new Jersey Community continues to mourn his death, the Hamilton Township School District starts to address the concerns. Very sadening, and i just want to know, you know, is there a risk of it spreading, how are we going to manage it and contain the situation, because everyone is worried for their children. And thats where we are now with it. School and Health Officials answer those questions, at Steinert High School on sunday. Nearly 100 parents and Community Members a 10 the town hall meeting where the School District says it is to has ram up up cleaning at all of the schools even brought in additional staff to do the work. The focus now they say should be on education. Since d68 is a virus, and there is no vaccine, Hea
This is kpix5 news on the cw. A grizzly find in wine country. Three dead bodies less than an hour ago. Police revealing new details. Art comes from weird places sometimes. An elaborate tucked inside a San Francisco neighborhood. What were learning about the man who created it and what police say was its purpose. And it may be the most unusual traffic hazard ever. How a camel ended up in east bay traffic and the cowboys who save the day. Good evening, im ken bastida. Three men found shot to death inside a home on ross station road and the killer has not been found yet. Kpix5 reporter, joe vazquez, is there. Joe. Reporter as you can see behind me, crime scene investigators are on the scene. Theres yellow tape all around what is essentially a compound of houses here. The Sheriff Department Spokesman Says three men were shot to death inside a bedroom of one of the houses on the back part of the property. A couple discovered the bodies of the men shot to death around 3 15. A girlfriend and