Thank you. Next speaker, please. Brian edwards. I am a Community Organizer and advocate for the coalition on homelessness. If we really want to talk about what is responsible for part of the rise in overdoses and making it difficult for people to get into treatment, we really need to have sfpd and d. P. W. Here because this sweep destroyed communities, they destroy safe injection sites, i have been to three encampment his meat sweeps since november 25th. All of them were in your district, matt, and some of those communities existed for years and people to look after each other, i still, to this day , dont know where all those people went. There were people from, on house situations overcoming to those communities. They knew if they odd there would be someone there with narcan. There were five overdoses that were successfully reversed by other drug users in an hour and a half. Some of those people that were displaced over the next month they will isolate. They will die. The city is dest
It is killing people and it is absolutely making no sense to put Law Enforcement and public works in the place of other members that know what they are doing, that know the signs and know what to do when there is an overdose happening. I think, as the board of supervisors, you have the capability of supporting narratives that humanize these people that are on the street, regardless of how they ended up there and regardless of what choices they are making with the options that they have. You need to rebuild the narrative around these people that is built around compassion rather than condemnation. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is lydia. I work with saint anthonys. I have worked there for the past 14 years. In my time there, through my education, most of which i received through our guests, not through training, has been it is time and attention. It is like taking the time and paying attention that garners the biggest ability to support people. With safe injection s
Madame secretary. Roll call. President breslin . Here. Vice president . Present. Commissioner hao is expected. Commissioner scott is present. Commissioner canning is here. We have a forum. Quorum. Number 4, please. Approval with the possible modifications of the minutes set forth blow, regular Meeting Minutes from november 14, 2019. Action item. President breslin okay. Has everyone read the minutes . I have no corrections. I would like this comment, according to the minutes i talk too much. [laughter] so im going to try to be better. I keep you all here. Its terrible. But i have no corrections. Since he has no corrections, ill second the motion. President breslin all right. Any Public Comment on this item . Seeing none, all those in favor, aye . All those opposed. There are none opposed. Its unanimous. Item number 5. Item 5, general Public Comment on matters within the boards jurisdiction. This is a discussion item. Please come forward. Good afternoon, commissioners, my name is richard
Here. Vice president . Present. Commissioner hao is expected. Commissioner scott is present. Commissioner canning is here. We have a forum. Quorum. Number 4, please. Approval with the possible modifications of the minutes set forth blow, regular Meeting Minutes from november 14, 2019. Action item. President breslin okay. Has everyone read the minutes . I have no corrections. I would like this comment, according to the minutes i talk too much. [laughter] so im going to try to be better. I keep you all here. Its terrible. But i have no corrections. Since he has no corrections, ill second the motion. President breslin all right. Any Public Comment on this item . Seeing none, all those in favor, aye . All those opposed. There are none opposed. Its unanimous. Item number 5. Item 5, general Public Comment on matters within the boards jurisdiction. This is a discussion item. Please come forward. Good afternoon, commissioners, my name is richard rothman, retired city worker. I thought after i
Good morning, everyone. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the december 16th, 2019, meeting of the rules committee. I am supervisor hilary ronen, chair of the committee. Seated to my right as vice chair Shamann Walton and to my left is gordon marr. Our clerk is victor young and i would like to thank my canoe michael and jim at San Francisco government tv for staffing this meeting. Are there any announcements . Silence also phones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk i didnt his acted upon today will appear on the january 7th , board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise noted. Thank you. Please call item number one. One is a hearing to consider appointing one member indefinite term to the close Juvenile Hall working group. Thank you. Did you have any comments before we hear from the applicant . I do. Thank you so much. As we know this is our final appointment to our 15 Me